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Reggie Smith's Three-Home-Run Game, 1976

DateMay 22, 1976
ScoreCardinals 7, Phillies 6
TypeMulti homer

Reggie Smith hit three home runs in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 22, 1976. The St. Louis Cardinals won 7–6.

The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 39,098. The game took 2h 37m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Reggie Smith managed it. Jim Kaat started for the Philadelphia Phillies. Jerry Crawford 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, PHI197605220
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PHI197605220
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