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Smoky Burgess's Three-Home-Run Game, 1955

DateJul 29, 1955
ScorePirates 5, Redlegs 16
TypeMulti homer

Smoky Burgess hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 29, 1955. The Cincinnati Redlegs won 16–5.

The game was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 5,690. The game took 2h 38m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Smoky Burgess managed it. Vern Law started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lon Warneke umpired behind the plate. It is the last of seven three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN195507290
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN195507290
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