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Ken Keltner's Three-Home-Run Game, 1939

DateMay 25, 1939
ScoreIndians 11, Red Sox 0
TypeMulti homer

Ken Keltner hit three home runs in one game for the Cleveland Indians against the Boston Red Sox on May 25, 1939. The Cleveland Indians won 11–0.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 5,600. The game took 2h 05m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Ken Keltner managed it. Elden Auker started for the Boston Red Sox. Bill Grieve umpired behind the plate. It is the first of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BOS193905250
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BOS193905250
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