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Ted Kluszewski's Three-Home-Run Game, 1956

DateJul 1, 1956
ScoreRedlegs 19, Cardinals 15
TypeMulti homer

Ted Kluszewski hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 1, 1956. The Cincinnati Redlegs won 19–15.

The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. It went ten innings. The game took 3h 47m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Ted Kluszewski managed it. Willard Schmidt started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Tom Gorman umpired behind the plate. It is the third of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, SLN195607011
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLN195607011
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