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Arky Vaughan Hits for the Cycle, 1939

DateJul 19, 1939
ScorePirates 10, Giants 3
TypeCycle

Arky Vaughan hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Giants on July 19, 1939: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 10–3.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 5,331. The game took 2h 15m. It was a day game.

Arky Vaughan did it twice in all. Bill Lohrman started for the New York Giants. Charlie Moran umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1193907190
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1193907190
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