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Rogers Hornsby's Three-Home-Run Game, 1931

DateApr 24, 1931
ScoreCubs 10, Pirates 6
TypeMulti homer

Rogers Hornsby hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 24, 1931. The Chicago Cubs won 10–6.

The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 15,000. The game took 2h 03m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Rogers Hornsby managed it. Larry French started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Charlie Moran 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, PIT193104240
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PIT193104240
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