Lee Thomas's Three-Home-Run Game, 1961
Lee Thomas hit three home runs in one game for the Los Angeles Angels against the Kansas City Athletics on September 5, 1961. The Los Angeles Angels lost 13–12.
The game was played at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. The announced attendance was 4,692. The game took 3h 11m. It was a night game.
It was the only time Lee Thomas managed it. Lew Krausse started for the Kansas City Athletics. Eddie Hurley umpired behind the plate. It is the fifth of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, KC1196109052
- Retrosheet event files — event:KC1196109052
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