Ralph Kiner's Three-Home-Run Game, 1947
DateSep 11, 1947
TeamsBoston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates
ScoreBraves 8, Pirates 10
Venue Forbes Field
TypeMulti homer
Ralph Kiner hit three home runs in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Boston Braves on September 11, 1947. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 10–8.
The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 7,010. The game took 2h 17m. It was a day game.
Ralph Kiner did it four times in all. Bill Voiselle started for the Boston Braves. Babe Pinelli umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, PIT194709112
- Retrosheet event files — event:PIT194709112
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