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Rick Monday's Three-Home-Run Game, 1972

DateMay 16, 1972
ScoreCubs 8, Phillies 1
TypeMulti homer

Rick Monday hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 16, 1972. The Chicago Cubs won 8–1.

The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 12,326. The game took 2h 07m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Rick Monday managed it. Bill Champion started for the Philadelphia Phillies. Bob Engel umpired behind the plate. It is the first of two three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PHI197205160
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PHI197205160
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