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Willie Stargell's Three-Home-Run Game, 1968

DateMay 22, 1968
ScorePirates 13, Cubs 6
TypeMulti homer

Willie Stargell hit three home runs in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Chicago Cubs on May 22, 1968. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 13–6.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 5,075. The game took 3h 04m. It was a day game.

Willie Stargell did it four times in all. Joe Niekro started for the Chicago Cubs. Stan Landes umpired behind the plate. It is the first of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN196805220
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN196805220
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