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Paul Blair's Three-Home-Run Game, 1970

DateApr 29, 1970
ScoreOrioles 18, White Sox 2
TypeMulti homer

Paul Blair hit three home runs in one game for the Baltimore Orioles against the Chicago White Sox on April 29, 1970. The Baltimore Orioles won 18–2.

The game was played at Comiskey Park I in Chicago. The announced attendance was 5,188. The game took 2h 45m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Paul Blair managed it. Tommie Sisk started for the Chicago White Sox. Larry Napp umpired behind the plate. It is the first of eight three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHA197004290
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHA197004290
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