Ty Cobb's Three-Home-Run Game, 1925
DateMay 5, 1925
TeamsDetroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns
ScoreTigers 14, Browns 8
Venue Sportsman's Park III
TypeMulti homer
Ty Cobb hit three home runs in one game for the Detroit Tigers against the St. Louis Browns on May 5, 1925. The Detroit Tigers won 14–8.
The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 3,500. The game took 2h 44m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Ty Cobb managed it. Bullet Joe Bush started for the St. Louis Browns. Billy Evans 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
- Retrosheet, SLA192505050
- Retrosheet event files — event:SLA192505050
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