Little big man at Fenway

Shortstop Freddie Patek – listed at all of 5-foot-5 – hits three homers 46 years ago today in the California Angels’ 20-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox before a Friday night crowd of 28,780 at Fenway Park.

Patek finishes the 1980 season with five homers and only 41 in his 14-year career.

This is the only game, though, in which Patek, then 35 years old, hits more than one homer.

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