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Tommy Brown's Three-Home-Run Game, 1950

DateSep 18, 1950
ScoreCubs 9, Dodgers 7
TypeMulti homer

Tommy Brown hit three home runs in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on September 18, 1950. The Brooklyn Dodgers lost 9–7.

The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The announced attendance was 2,051. The game took 2h 55m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Tommy Brown managed it. Paul Minner started for the Chicago Cubs. Lon Warneke umpired behind the plate. It is the last of ten three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BRO195009180
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BRO195009180
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