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Tony Lazzeri's Three-Home-Run Game, 1936

DateMay 24, 1936
ScoreYankees 25, Athletics 2
Venue Shibe Park
TypeMulti homer

Tony Lazzeri hit three home runs in one game for the New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 24, 1936. The New York Yankees won 25–2.

The game was played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 8,000. The game took 2h 34m. It was a day game under sunny skies.

Tony Lazzeri did it twice in all. George Turbeville started for the Philadelphia Athletics. Bill Summers umpired behind the plate. It is the first of two three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PHA193605240
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PHA193605240
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