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MLB hitters with two 3-home run games in a season
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This is the list of Major League Baseball batters with two 3-Home run games in the same season.
- Johnny Mize (twice in 1938), (twice in 1940) - St. Louis Cardinals, NL
- Ralph Kiner (twice in 1947) - Pittsburgh Pirates, NL
- Ted Williams (1957) - Boston Red Sox, AL
- Willie Stargell (1971) - Pittsburgh Pirates, NL
- Dave Kingman (1979) - Chicago Cubs, NL
- Doug DeCinces (1982) - California Angels, AL
- Joe Carter (1989) - Cleveland Indians, AL
- Cecil Fielder (1990) - Detroit Tigers, AL
- Steve Finley (1997) - San Diego Padres, NL
- Jeff Bagwell (twice in 1999) - Houston Astros, NL
- Carlos Delgado (2001) - Toronto Blue Jays, AL
Notes
- Mize did it in two different years.
- Kiner did it in the same season and both in consecutive at bats.
- Fielder's first 3 HR game this year hit in consecutive at bats.
- Bagwell joins Mize and Kiner as the only players in doing it in the same city in the same season. He is the first player to perform the feat in a city on the road (Chicago, against the Cubs and White Sox).
The record for most players on a team with 3-HR games in the same season is shared by:
- Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Tommy Brown (1950) - Brooklyn Dodgers, NL
- Gus Bell, Ted Kluszewski, Bob Thurman (1956) - Cincinnati Reds, NL
- Cory Snyder , Joe Carter, Brook Jacoby (1987) - Cleveland Indians, AL
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