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Willie McCovey's Three-Home-Run Game, 1964

DateApr 22, 1964
ScoreGiants 8, Braves 6
TypeMulti homer

Willie McCovey hit three home runs in one game for the San Francisco Giants against the Milwaukee Braves on April 22, 1964. The San Francisco Giants won 8–6.

The game was played at County Stadium in Milwaukee. The announced attendance was 38,693. The game took 2h 42m. It was a day game.

Willie McCovey did it three times in all. Denny Lemaster started for the Milwaukee Braves. Ed Vargo umpired behind the plate. It is the first of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, MLN196404220
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:MLN196404220
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