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Ralph Kiner's Three-Home-Run Game, 1948

DateJul 5, 1948
ScoreReds 3, Pirates 10
TypeMulti homer

Ralph Kiner hit three home runs in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Cincinnati Reds on July 5, 1948. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 10–3.

The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The game took 2h 09m. It was a day game.

Ralph Kiner did it four times in all. Howie Fox started for the Cincinnati Reds. Al Barlick umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PIT194807051
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PIT194807051
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