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Roy Campanella's Three-Home-Run Game, 1950

DateAug 26, 1950
ScoreDodgers 7, Reds 5
TypeMulti homer

Roy Campanella hit three home runs in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Cincinnati Reds on August 26, 1950. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 7–5.

The game was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 6,229. The game took 2h 23m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Roy Campanella managed it. Ken Raffensberger started for the Cincinnati Reds. Augie Donatelli umpired behind the plate. It is the sixth of ten three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN195008260
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN195008260
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