Andre Thornton Hits for the Cycle, 1978

Andre Thornton hit for the cycle for the Cleveland Indians against the Boston Red Sox on April 22, 1978: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Cleveland Indians won 13–4.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 36,005. The game took 2h 52m. It was a day game, at 58 degrees.

It was the only time Andre Thornton managed it. Allen Ripley started for the Boston Red Sox. Russ Goetz umpired behind the plate. It is the first of three cycles the archive records that season.