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Ralph Kiner's Three-Home-Run Game, 1951

DateJul 18, 1951
ScorePirates 13, Dodgers 12
TypeMulti homer

Ralph Kiner hit three home runs in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Brooklyn Dodgers on July 18, 1951. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 13–12.

The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The announced attendance was 7,083. The game took 3h 09m. It was a day game.

Ralph Kiner did it four times in all. Phil Haugstad started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Artie Gore umpired behind the plate. It is the second of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BRO195107180
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BRO195107180
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