Mike Epstein's Three-Home-Run Game, 1969
Mike Epstein hit three home runs in one game for the Washington Senators against the Chicago White Sox on May 16, 1969. The Washington Senators lost 7–6.
The game was played at Comiskey Park I in Chicago. The announced attendance was 10,200. The game took 2h 24m. It was a night game, at 83 degrees.
It was the only time Mike Epstein managed it. Sammy Ellis started for the Chicago White Sox. Bill Haller 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
- Retrosheet, CHA196905160
- Retrosheet event files — event:CHA196905160
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