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Walker Cooper's Three-Home-Run Game, 1949

DateJul 6, 1949
ScoreCubs 4, Reds 23
TypeMulti homer

Walker Cooper hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Reds against the Chicago Cubs on July 6, 1949. The Cincinnati Reds won 23–4.

The game was played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 4,036. The game took 2h 45m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Walker Cooper managed it. Monk Dubiel started for the Chicago Cubs. Lee Ballanfant umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN194907060
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN194907060
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