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Paul Molitor's Three-Home-Run Game, 1982

DateMay 12, 1982
ScoreBrewers 7, Royals 9
TypeMulti homer

Paul Molitor hit three home runs in one game for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Kansas City Royals on May 12, 1982. The Milwaukee Brewers lost 9–7.

The game was played at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. The announced attendance was 17,788. The game took 2h 48m. It was a night game, at 70 degrees.

It was the only time Paul Molitor managed it. Dennis Leonard started for the Kansas City Royals. Russ Goetz 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, KCA198205120
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:KCA198205120
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