Hitting for the cycle

created by mcSey
(idea) by mcSey (8.6 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Jun 10 2000 at 0:55:26
Getting a single, double, triple, and home run in a single nine inning baseball game. Rarer than a no hitter and a triple play, though more common than a perfect game.

A natural cycle -- the cycle in order in four at bats -- has been accomplished less than a half dozen times in the history of Major League Baseball.

(thing) by Scoobi Doo (5.6 y) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Sun Apr 28 2002 at 3:48:52

A natural cycle, where a player achieves a regular cycle but in a certain order. The other list on this node that has hundred of players is a list of players who have hit the cycle, not a natural cycle. Those players hit the cycle in any order, not the specific order neccessary for a natural cycle. The player must hit a single, a double, a triple, and a homerun in that order. The order is more commonly known as the "natural order." This feat has only been accomplished a dozen times, 6 times in each leauge.


League:American

Player             Team         Date
Bob Fothergill     Detroit      09-26-1926
Tony Lazzeri       New York     06-03-1932
Charlie Gehringer  Detroit      05-27-1939
Leon Culberson     Boston       07-03-1943
Bob Watson         Boston       09-15-1979
Jose Valentin      Chicago      04-27-2000

League:National

Player             Team         Date

Bill Collins       Boston       10-06-1910
Jim Hickman        New York     08-07-1963
Ken Boyer          St. Louis    06-16-1964
Billy Williams     Chicago      07-17-1966
Tim Foli           Montreal     04-22-1976
John Mabry         St. Louis    05-18-1996
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