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Ted Williams's Three-Home-Run Game, 1957

DateMay 8, 1957
ScoreRed Sox 4, White Sox 1
TypeMulti homer

Ted Williams hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Red Sox against the Chicago White Sox on May 8, 1957. The Boston Red Sox won 4–1.

The game was played at Comiskey Park I in Chicago. The announced attendance was 4,529. The game took 1h 59m. It was a day game.

Ted Williams did it three times in all. Bob Keegan started for the Chicago White Sox. Charlie Berry umpired behind the plate. It is the first of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHA195705080
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHA195705080
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