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Ty Cobb's Three-Home-Run Game, 1925

DateMay 5, 1925
ScoreTigers 14, Browns 8
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

  1. Retrosheet, SLA192505050
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLA192505050
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