Rocky Colavito's Three-Home-Run Game, 1961

Rocky Colavito hit three home runs in one game for the Detroit Tigers against the Washington Senators on August 27, 1961. The Detroit Tigers won 10–1.

The game was played at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The announced attendance was 10,542. The game took 2h 15m. It was a day game.

Rocky Colavito did it three times in all. Dave Sisler started for the Washington Senators. Harry Schwarts umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.