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Steve Boros's Three-Home-Run Game, 1962

DateAug 6, 1962
ScoreTigers 5, Indians 6
TypeMulti homer

Steve Boros hit three home runs in one game for the Detroit Tigers against the Cleveland Indians on August 6, 1962. The Detroit Tigers lost 6–5.

The game was played at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland. The announced attendance was 7,542. The game took 2h 42m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Steve Boros managed it. Sam McDowell started for the Cleveland Indians. Nestor Chylak umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CLE196208060
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CLE196208060
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