Rocky Colavito's Three-Home-Run Game, 1962
DateJul 5, 1962
TeamsDetroit Tigers @ Cleveland Indians
ScoreTigers 6, Indians 7
Venue Cleveland Stadium
TypeMulti homer
Rocky Colavito hit three home runs in one game for the Detroit Tigers against the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1962. The Detroit Tigers lost 7–6.
The game was played at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland. The announced attendance was 11,778. The game took 3h 00m. It was a night game.
Rocky Colavito did it three times in all. Pedro Ramos started for the Cleveland Indians. Al Smith umpired behind the plate. It is the second of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, CLE196207050
- Retrosheet event files — event:CLE196207050
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