Hank Aaron, Milwaukee Braves, 6/21/1959
Milwaukee Braves 13, San Francisco Giants 3
So I am breaking a bit from tradition here, but circumstances would seem to call for it. As of January 2021, there were 16 occurrences of 6-3-3-6 in battling lines throughout the history of record keeping, but this particular one is the only game in Hank’s career where he hit 3 homeruns in a single game. RIP Hank.
Game of 6/21/1959 -- Milwaukee at San Francisco (D)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Pafko A, cf 2 1 1 0 Davenport J, 3b 4 0 1 1
Bruton B, cf 3 1 1 0 Kirkland W, rf 5 0 2 1
Mathews E, 3b 5 2 2 2 Mays W, cf 5 0 1 0
Aaron H, rf 6 3 3 6 Cepeda O, 1b 4 0 1 0
Adcock J, 1b 3 1 0 0 Spencer D, 2b 4 1 1 1
Torre F, 1b 1 0 0 0 Brandt J, lf 4 0 0 0
Crandall D, c 4 3 2 1 Schmidt B, c 4 0 0 0
Covington W, lf 5 0 1 0 Rodgers A, ss 4 2 3 0
Logan J, ss 4 1 2 4 Antonelli J, p 0 0 0 0
Mantilla F, 2b 4 0 2 0 Miller S, p 2 0 1 0
Spahn W, p 5 1 1 0 Jones G, p 0 0 0 0
Alou F, ph 1 0 1 0
Shipley J, p 0 0 0 0
Sauer H, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
42 13 15 13 38 3 11 3
Milwaukee 500 014 300 -- 13
San Francisco 010 000 101 -- 3
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn W (W) 9.0 11 3 3 1 2
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (L) 0.2 5 5 5 1 0
Miller S* 4.1 5 4 4 2 2
Jones G 2.0 4 4 4 1 1
Shipley J 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
E -- Spencer D
LOB -- Milwaukee 8, San Francisco 9
2B -- Bruton B
3B -- Pafko A
HR -- Aaron H 3, Logan J, Spencer D, Crandall D
SH -- Bruton B
HBP -- by Miller S (Mantilla F)
T -- 2:29
A -- 22934