Hitting for the cycle

Curry Foley was the first player in Major League Baseball history to hit for the cycle, in 1882 for the Buffalo Bisons.
Harry Davis hit the first cycle in American League history, in 1901 for the Philadelphia Athletics.

In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter who hits a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle".[1] Cycles are rare in Major League Baseball (MLB), having occurred only 344 times, starting with Curry Foley in 1882.[2][3] The most recent cycle in MLB was accomplished by José Altuve of the Houston Astros on August 28, 2023.

  1. ^ "Hitting for the Cycle Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Huber, Mike. "June 14, 1876: George Hall gets five hits, but is it a cycle?". SABR. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Cycles Chronologically". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 17, 2019.

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