Ralph Kiner's Three-Home-Run Game, 1947

Ralph Kiner hit three home runs in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 16, 1947. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 12–7.

The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 6,435. The game took 2h 09m. It was a day game.

Ralph Kiner did it four times in all. Ken Burkhart started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Babe Pinelli umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.