Mickey Mantle's Three-Home-Run Game, 1955
DateMay 13, 1955
TeamsDetroit Tigers @ New York Yankees
ScoreTigers 2, Yankees 5
Venue Yankee Stadium I
TypeMulti homer
Mickey Mantle hit three home runs in one game for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers on May 13, 1955. The New York Yankees won 5–2.
The game was played at Yankee Stadium I in New York. The announced attendance was 7,177. The game took 2h 02m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Mickey Mantle managed it. Steve Gromek started for the Detroit Tigers. Joe Paparella umpired behind the plate. It is the second of seven three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, NYA195505130
- Retrosheet event files — event:NYA195505130
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