On June 13, 1957, At Cleveland Stadium future Hall of Famer Ted Williams hits three home runs and drives in five in the Boston Red Sox’ 9-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. Two of the gopher balls were given up by another future hall of farmer, Early Wynn. the other was against Bob Lemon. Lemon was coming back from an injury and Williams was the first man he faced.

wynn would complain that strikes were not being called against the splendid splitter. Williams, who had a three-homer game earlier in the year, becomes the first American Leaguer to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season…“I can hardly believe that’s a record,” Williams told the Associated Press after the game. Only two players had previously notched two three-homer games in one season: Johnny Mize of the Cardinals, who did it in both 1938 and 1940; and Ralph Kiner of the Pirates in 1947.