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Stan Musial's Three-Home-Run Game, 1962

DateJul 8, 1962
ScoreCardinals 15, Mets 1
TypeMulti homer

Stan Musial hit three home runs in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Mets on July 8, 1962. The St. Louis Cardinals won 15–1.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 12,460. The game took 2h 47m. It was a day game under sunny skies, at 90 degrees.

Stan Musial did it twice in all. Jay Hook started for the New York Mets. Paul Pryor umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NYN196207080
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NYN196207080
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