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In baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game, though not necessarily in that order. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a natural cycle.
The feat is rare in Major League Baseball as it requires a game of no fewer than four hits, and the unusual combination of a home run, which requires a batter to hit for some power, and a triple, which requires a batter to have both speed on the basepaths and a favorable fall of the ball.
Thus, hitting for the cycle demonstrates excellence in three of the five "tools" of baseball (see five-tool player). The accomplishment is held in high enough esteem that players needing only a single to complete the cycle have been known to hold up at first base on balls hit in the alley.
There are only 3 major league teams that have not had a player hit for the cycle – the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
[edit] Chronological list of players who have hit for the cycle
Listed below are the 273 occurrences of players hitting for the cycle in Major League Baseball (players with multiple occurrences denoted in parentheses, natural cycles in bold):
| Date |
Player |
Team |
| May 25, 1882 |
Curry Foley |
Buffalo |
| July 30, 1883 |
Al Knight |
Philadelphia (AA) |
| September 12, 1883 |
John Reilly |
Cincinnati |
| September 19, 1883 |
John Reilly (2) |
Cincinnati |
| June 16, 1884 |
Jim O'Rourke |
Buffalo |
| June 12, 1885 |
Dave Orr |
New York (AA) |
| June 13, 1885 |
George Wood |
Detroit |
| June 16, 1885 |
Henry Larkin |
Philadelphia (AA) |
| September 28, 1885 |
Mox McQuery |
Detroit |
| May 24, 1886 |
Fred Dunlap |
St. Louis (NL) |
| August 8, 1886 |
Pete Browning |
Louisville |
| August 21, 1886 |
Jack Rowe |
Detroit |
| September 23, 1886 |
Jim McGarr |
Philadelphia (AA) |
| April 30, 1887 |
Tip O'Neill |
St. Louis |
| May 2, 1887 |
Fred Carroll |
Pittsburgh |
| May 7, 1887 |
Tip O'Neill (2) |
St. Louis |
| August 10, 1887 |
Dave Orr (2) |
New York (AA) |
| August 26, 1887 |
Bid McPhee |
Cincinnati |
| May 15, 1888 |
Harry Stovey |
Philadelphia (AA) |
| June 13, 1888 |
Sam Barkley |
Kansas City |
| July 28, 1888 |
Jimmy Ryan |
Chicago |
| August 25, 1888 |
Mike Tiernan |
New York |
| June 7, 1889 |
Pete Browning (2) |
Louisville |
| August 8, 1889 |
Jack Glasscock |
Indianapolis |
| August 15, 1889 |
Larry Twitchell |
Cleveland |
| July 5, 1890 |
Bill Van Dyke |
Toledo |
| July 18, 1890 |
Jumbo Davis |
Brooklyn (AA) |
| July 21, 1890 |
Roger Connor |
New York (PL) |
| August 1, 1890 |
Oyster Burns |
Brooklyn (NL) |
| August 6, 1890 |
John Reilly (3) |
Cincinnati |
| August 12, 1890 |
Bill Weaver |
Louisville |
| July 1, 1891 |
Jimmy Ryan (2) |
Chicago |
| September 12, 1891 |
Abner Dalrymple |
Milwaukee |
| April 24, 1894 |
Lave Cross |
Philadelphia |
| June 13, 1894 |
Bill Hassamaer |
Washington |
| August 17, 1894 |
Sam Thompson |
Philadelphia |
| September 28, 1894 |
Tom Parrott |
Cincinnati |
| August 16, 1895 |
Tommy Dowd |
St. Louis |
| September 30, 1895 |
Ed Cartwright |
Washington |
| May 9, 1896 |
Herman Long |
Boston |
| May 30, 1896 |
Bill Joyce |
Washington |
| July 10, 1901 |
Harry Davis |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| July 23, 1901 |
Fred Clarke |
Pittsburgh |
| July 30, 1901 |
Nap Lajoie |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| May 7, 1903 |
Fred Clarke (2) |
Pittsburgh |
| July 29, 1903 |
Patsy Dougherty |
Boston (AL) |
| September 24, 1903 |
Bill Bradley |
Cleveland |
| June 20, 1904 |
Duff Cooley |
Boston (NL) |
| October 4, 1904 |
Sam Mertes |
New York (NL) |
| April 26, 1907 |
Johnny Bates |
Boston (NL) |
| October 2, 1908 |
Otis Clymer |
Washington |
| July 3, 1910 |
Chief Wilson |
Pittsburgh |
| August 25, 1910 |
Danny Murphy |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| October 6, 1910 |
Bill Collins |
Boston (NL) |
| July 3, 1911 |
Frank Baker |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| August 19, 1911 |
Mike Mitchell |
Cincinnati |
| June 9, 1912 |
Tris Speaker |
Boston (AL) |
| June 10, 1912 |
Chief Meyers |
New York (NL) |
| July 25, 1912 |
Bert Daniels |
New York (AL) |
| August 22, 1912 |
Honus Wagner |
Pittsburgh |
| July 5, 1915 |
Heinie Groh |
Cincinnati |
| June 13, 1918 |
Cliff Heathcote |
St. Louis (NL) |
| August 8, 1920 |
George Sisler |
St. Louis (AL) |
| September 17, 1920 |
Bobby Veach |
Detroit |
| September 17, 1920 |
George Burns |
New York (NL) |
| May 7, 1921 |
Bob Meusel |
New York (AL) |
| June 1, 1921 |
Dave Bancroft |
New York (NL) |
| August 13, 1921 |
George Sisler (2) |
St. Louis (AL) |
| August 30, 1921 |
Dave Robertson |
Pittsburgh |
| April 29, 1922 |
Ross Youngs |
New York (NL) |
| May 25, 1922 |
Jimmy Johnston |
Brooklyn |
| June 27, 1922 |
Ray Schalk |
Chicago (AL) |
| July 3, 1922 |
Bob Meusel (2) |
New York (AL) |
| July 7, 1923 |
Pie Traynor |
Pittsburgh |
| April 17, 1924 |
Baby Doll Jacobson |
St. Louis (AL) |
| August 28, 1924 |
Goose Goslin |
Washington |
| June 4, 1925 |
Kiki Cuyler |
Pittsburgh |
| June 20, 1925 |
Max Carey |
Pittsburgh |
| July 21, 1925 |
Roy Carlyle |
Boston (AL) |
| September 26, 1926 |
Bob Fothergill |
Detroit |
| July 15, 1927 |
Jim Bottomley |
St. Louis (NL) |
| August 5, 1927 |
Cy Williams |
Philadelphia (NL) |
| May 29, 1928 |
Bill Terry |
New York (NL) |
| July 26, 1928 |
Bob Meusel (3) |
New York (AL) |
| May 16, 1929 |
Mel Ott |
New York (NL) |
| May 23, 1929 |
Oscar Melillo |
St. Louis (AL) |
| September 2, 1929 |
Joe Cronin |
Washington |
| May 8, 1930 |
Freddie Lindstrom |
New York (NL) |
| June 23, 1930 |
Hack Wilson |
Chicago (NL) |
| August 21, 1930 |
Chick Hafey |
St. Louis (NL) |
| May 18, 1931 |
Babe Herman |
Brooklyn |
| July 1, 1931 |
Chuck Klein |
Philadelphia (NL) |
| July 24, 1931 |
Babe Herman (2) |
Brooklyn |
| June 3, 1932 |
Tony Lazzeri |
New York (AL) |
| July 22, 1932 |
Mickey Cochrane |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| May 5, 1933 |
Pepper Martin |
St. Louis (NL) |
| May 26, 1933 |
Chuck Klein (2) |
Philadelphia (NL) |
| June 24, 1933 |
Arky Vaughan |
Pittsburgh |
| August 2, 1933 |
Mickey Cochrane (2) |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| August 6, 1933 |
Pinky Higgins |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| August 14, 1933 |
Jimmie Foxx |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| August 17, 1933 |
Earl Averill |
Cleveland |
| September 30, 1933 |
Babe Herman (3) |
Chicago (NL) |
| June 10, 1934 |
Doc Cramer |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| June 25, 1934 |
Lou Gehrig |
New York (AL) |
| August 19, 1934 |
Moose Solters |
Boston (AL) |
| June 29, 1935 |
Joe Medwick |
St. Louis (NL) |
| May 24, 1936 |
Sam Leslie |
New York (NL) |
| April 20, 1937 |
Gee Walker |
Detroit |
| July 9, 1937 |
Joe DiMaggio |
New York (AL) |
| August 1, 1937 |
Lou Gehrig (2) |
New York (AL) |
| July 12, 1938 |
Odell Hale |
Cleveland |
| May 5, 1939 |
Sam Chapman |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| May 27, 1939 |
Charlie Gehringer |
Detroit |
| July 19, 1939 |
Arky Vaughan (2) |
Pittsburgh |
| June 8, 1940 |
Harry Craft |
Cincinnati |
| June 15, 1940 |
Harry Danning |
New York (NL) |
| July 13, 1940 |
Johnny Mize |
St. Louis (NL) |
| July 19, 1940 |
Buddy Rosar |
New York (AL) |
| August 2, 1940 |
Joe Cronin (2) |
Boston (AL) |
| September 8, 1940 |
Joe Gordon |
New York (AL) |
| July 19, 1941 |
George McQuinn |
St. Louis (AL) |
| July 3, 1943 |
Leon Culberson |
Boston (AL) |
| May 17, 1944 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston (AL) |
| July 6, 1944 |
Bob Johnson |
Boston (AL) |
| September 2, 1944 |
Dixie Walker |
Brooklyn |
| July 15, 1945 |
Bob Elliott |
Pittsburgh |
| August 4, 1945 |
Bill Salkeld |
Pittsburgh |
| May 19, 1946 |
Mickey Vernon |
Washington |
| July 21, 1946 |
Ted Williams |
Boston (AL) |
| May 13, 1947 |
Bobby Doerr (2) |
Boston (AL) |
| September 14, 1947 |
Vic Wertz |
Detroit |
| May 20, 1948 |
Joe DiMaggio (2) |
New York (AL) |
| July 30, 1948 |
Wally Westlake |
Pittsburgh |
| August 29, 1948 |
Jackie Robinson |
Brooklyn |
| June 14, 1949 |
Wally Westlake (2) |
Pittsburgh |
| June 25, 1949 |
Gil Hodges |
Brooklyn |
| July 24, 1949 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis (NL) |
| June 2, 1950 |
George Kell |
Detroit |
| June 25, 1950 |
Ralph Kiner |
Pittsburgh |
| June 28, 1950 |
Roy Smalley |
Chicago (NL) |
| August 2, 1950 |
Elmer Valo |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| September 7, 1950 |
Hoot Evers |
Detroit |
| June 4, 1951 |
Gus Bell |
Pittsburgh |
| June 4, 1952 |
Larry Doby |
Cleveland |
| July 11, 1954 |
Don Mueller |
New York (NL) |
| July 2, 1957 |
Lee Walls |
Chicago (NL) |
| July 23, 1957 |
Mickey Mantle |
New York (AL) |
| May 2, 1959 |
Frank Robinson |
Cincinnati |
| July 15, 1960 |
Brooks Robinson |
Baltimore |
| August 14, 1960 |
Bill White |
St. Louis |
| September 14, 1961 |
Ken Boyer |
St. Louis |
| July 13, 1962 |
Lou Clinton |
Boston |
| June 27, 1963 |
Johnny Callison |
Philadelphia |
| August 7, 1963 |
Jim Hickman |
New York (NL) |
| May 26, 1964 |
Jim King |
Washington |
| June 16, 1964 |
Ken Boyer (2) |
St. Louis |
| July 22, 1964 |
Willie Stargell |
Pittsburgh |
| July 28, 1964 |
Jim Fregosi |
Los Angeles (AL) |
| May 14, 1965 |
Carl Yastrzemski |
Boston |
| July 17, 1966 |
Billy Williams |
Chicago (NL) |
| August 11, 1966 |
Randy Hundley |
Chicago (NL) |
| May 20, 1968 |
Jim Fregosi (2) |
California |
| May 7, 1970 |
Wes Parker |
Los Angeles |
| May 20, 1970 |
Rod Carew |
Minnesota |
| July 2, 1970 |
Tony Horton |
Cleveland |
| July 6, 1970 |
Tommie Agee |
New York (NL) |
| July 8, 1970 |
Jim Ray Hart |
San Francisco |
| July 9, 1971 |
Freddie Patek |
Kansas City |
| April 16, 1972 |
Dave Kingman |
San Francisco |
| August 2, 1972 |
César Cedeño |
Houston |
| August 29, 1972 |
Bobby Murcer |
New York (AL) |
| September 19, 1972 |
César Tovar |
Minnesota |
| June 27, 1973 |
Joe Torre |
St. Louis |
| June 9, 1974 |
Richie Zisk |
Pittsburgh |
| May 27, 1975 |
Lou Brock |
St. Louis |
| April 22, 1976 |
Tim Foli |
Montreal |
| June 4, 1976 |
Larry Hisle |
Minnesota |
| June 25, 1976 |
Mike Phillips |
New York (NL) |
| July 24, 1976 |
Lyman Bostock |
Minnesota |
| August 9, 1976 |
César Cedeño (2) |
Houston |
| September 3, 1976 |
Mike Hegan |
Milwaukee |
| June 24, 1977 |
Bob Watson |
Houston |
| August 5, 1977 |
John Mayberry |
Kansas City |
| September 24, 1977 |
Jack Brohamer |
Chicago (AL) |
| April 22, 1978 |
Andre Thornton |
Cleveland |
| July 20, 1978 |
Chris Speier |
Montreal |
| July 27, 1978 |
Mike Cubbage |
Minnesota |
| May 28, 1979 |
George Brett |
Kansas City |
| August 10, 1979 |
Dan Ford |
California |
| September 15, 1979 |
Bob Watson (2) |
Boston |
| September 26, 1979 |
Frank White |
Kansas City |
| April 22, 1980 |
Ivan DeJesus |
Chicago (NL) |
| May 13, 1980 |
Fred Lynn |
Boston |
| June 12, 1980 |
Mike Easler |
Pittsburgh |
| September 18, 1980 |
Gary Ward |
Minnesota |
| October 1, 1980 |
Charlie Moore |
Milwaukee |
| August 3, 1982 |
Frank White (2) |
Kansas City |
| May 6, 1984 |
Cal Ripken, Jr. |
Baltimore |
| May 16, 1984 |
Carlton Fisk |
Chicago (AL) |
| June 23, 1984 |
Willie McGee |
St. Louis |
| June 28, 1984 |
Dwight Evans |
Boston |
| June 27, 1985 |
Jeffrey Leonard |
San Francisco |
| July 4, 1985 |
Keith Hernandez |
New York (NL) |
| July 23, 1985 |
Oddibe McDowell |
Texas |
| September 18, 1985 |
Rich Gedman |
Boston |
| May 16, 1986 |
Tony Phillips |
Oakland |
| August 1, 1986 |
Kirby Puckett |
Minnesota |
| April 29, 1987 |
Andre Dawson |
Chicago (NL) |
| May 4, 1987 |
Candy Maldonado |
San Francisco |
| August 16, 1987 |
Tim Raines |
Montreal |
| September 23, 1987 |
Albert Hall |
Atlanta |
| June 12, 1988 |
Robin Yount |
Milwaukee |
| July 9, 1988 |
Chris Speier (2) |
San Francisco |
| September 14, 1988 |
Mike Greenwell |
Boston |
| April 16, 1989 |
Kelly Gruber |
Toronto |
| June 2, 1989 |
Eric Davis |
Cincinnati |
| August 1, 1989 |
Kevin McReynolds |
New York (NL) |
| August 25, 1989 |
Gary Redus |
Pittsburgh |
| July 25, 1990 |
George Brett (2) |
Kansas City |
| April 22, 1991 |
Robby Thompson |
San Francisco |
| May 15, 1991 |
Paul Molitor |
Milwaukee |
| June 24, 1991 |
Dave Winfield |
California |
| September 15, 1991 |
Ray Lankford |
St. Louis |
| August 25, 1992 |
Andújar Cedeño |
Houston |
| May 9, 1993 |
Mark Grace |
Chicago (NL) |
| June 23, 1993 |
Jay Buhner |
Seattle |
| July 28, 1993 |
Travis Fryman |
Detroit |
| April 12, 1994 |
Scott Cooper |
Boston |
| June 11, 1995 |
Rondell White |
Montreal |
| August 25, 1995 |
Gregg Jefferies |
Philadelphia |
| September 3, 1995 |
Tony Fernandez |
New York (AL) |
| May 18, 1996 |
John Mabry |
St. Louis |
| June 6, 1996 |
John Valentin |
Boston |
| July 3, 1996 |
Alex Ochoa |
New York (NL) |
| June 5, 1997 |
Alex Rodriguez |
Seattle |
| September 11, 1997 |
John Olerud |
New York (NL) |
| May 18, 1998 |
Mike Blowers |
Oakland |
| June 10, 1998 |
Dante Bichette |
Colorado |
| July 25, 1998 |
Neifi Perez |
Colorado |
| May 3, 1999 |
Jeff Kent |
San Francisco |
| June 19, 1999 |
Todd Helton |
Colorado |
| July 6, 1999 |
Chris Singleton |
Chicago (AL) |
| April 27, 2000 |
Jose Valentin |
Chicago (AL) |
| May 19, 2000 |
Jason Kendall |
Pittsburgh |
| June 18, 2000 |
Mike Lansing |
Colorado |
| June 21, 2000 |
Eric Chavez |
Oakland |
| July 5, 2000 |
Luis Gonzalez |
Arizona |
| June 8, 2001 |
Damion Easley |
Detroit |
| June 16, 2001 |
John Olerud (2) |
Seattle |
| July 18, 2001 |
Jeff Bagwell |
Houston |
| August 17, 2001 |
Jeff Frye |
Toronto |
| September 29, 2001 |
Miguel Tejada |
Oakland |
| April 8, 2002 |
Craig Biggio |
Houston |
| September 18, 2002 |
Greg Colbrunn |
Arizona |
| June 24, 2003 |
Brad Wilkerson |
Montreal |
| June 29, 2003 |
Eric Byrnes |
Oakland |
| August 14, 2003 |
Travis Hafner |
Cleveland |
| September 14, 2003 |
Vladimir Guerrero |
Montreal |
| April 27, 2004 |
Chad Moeller |
Milwaukee |
| May 26, 2004 |
Daryle Ward |
Pittsburgh |
| June 28, 2004 |
David Bell |
Philadelphia |
| July 29, 2004 |
Eric Valent |
New York (NL) |
| August 17, 2004 |
Mark Teixeira |
Texas |
| August 25, 2004 |
Jeff DaVanon |
Anaheim |
| April 6, 2005 |
Brad Wilkerson (2) |
Washington |
| April 27, 2005 |
Mark Grudzielanek |
St. Louis |
| August 15, 2005 |
Randy Winn |
San Francisco |
| June 21, 2006 |
José Reyes |
New York (NL) |
| July 28, 2006 |
Luke Scott |
Houston |
| August 1, 2006 |
Carlos Guillén |
Detroit |
| September 13, 2006 |
Gary Matthews, Jr. |
Texas |
| September 16, 2006 |
Chone Figgins |
Los Angeles (AL) |
[edit] Number of cycles by team
[edit] Players with 2 or more
| Date |
Player |
Team |
| September 12, 1883 |
John Reilly |
Cincinnati |
| September 19, 1883 |
| August 6, 1890 |
| June 12, 1885 |
Dave Orr |
New York (AA) |
| August 10, 1887 |
| April 30, 1887 |
Tip O'Neill |
St. Louis |
| May 7, 1887 |
| June 7, 1889 |
Pete Browning |
Louisville |
| August 8, 1889 |
| July 28, 1888 |
Jimmy Ryan |
Chicago (NL) |
| July 1, 1891 |
| July 23, 1901 |
Fred Clarke |
Pittsburgh |
| May 7, 1903 |
| August 8, 1920 |
George Sisler |
St. Louis (AL) |
| August 13, 1921 |
| May 7, 1921 |
Bob Meusel |
New York (AL) |
| July 3, 1922 |
| July 26, 1928 |
| May 18, 1931 |
Babe Herman |
Brooklyn |
| July 24, 1931 |
| September 30, 1933 |
| July 1, 1931 |
Chuck Klein |
Philadelphia (NL) |
| May 26, 1933 |
| July 22, 1932 |
Mickey Cochrane |
Philadelphia (AL) |
| August 2, 1933 |
| June 24, 1977 |
Bob Watson |
Houston |
| September 15, 1979 |
Boston |
| September 11, 1997 |
John Olerud |
New York (NL) |
| June 16, 2001 |
Seattle |
[edit] "Home run cycle"
While never having occurred in Major League Baseball, there have been instances in college baseball and other leagues of a home run cycle, hitting 1-run, 2-run, 3-run, and 4-run (grand slam) home runs all in the same game.
[edit] Trivia
- There have been 14 natural cycles in the Major Leagues; eight in the National League and six in the American League.
- There have been 6 cycles in which the home run was a grand slam. This happened five times in the American League and once in the National League
- On June 23, 1932, Tony Lazzeri became the only player in Major League history to accomplish both feats listed above: hitting a single, a double, a triple, and ending with a grand slam. This is often overlooked because Lazzeri did it in the same game that teammate Lou Gehrig hit four home runs.
- Nap Lajoie, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Chuck Klein all hit for the cycle in the same season that they won the Triple Crown.
- The first grandfather/grandson combo to hit cycle was by David Bell in 2004 and Gus Bell in 1951 for the Phillies.
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