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Lee Walls's Three-Home-Run Game, 1958

DateApr 24, 1958
ScoreCubs 15, Dodgers 2
TypeMulti homer

Lee Walls hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 24, 1958. The Chicago Cubs won 15–2.

The game was played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. The announced attendance was 10,194. The game took 2h 43m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Lee Walls managed it. Don Drysdale started for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dusty Boggess umpired behind the plate. It is the first of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, LAN195804240
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:LAN195804240
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