Bill Salkeld Hits for the Cycle, 1945

Bill Salkeld hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 4, 1945: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Pittsburgh Pirates lost 6–5.

The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 5,280. The game took 2h 05m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Bill Salkeld managed it. Blix Donnelly started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Larry Goetz umpired behind the plate. It is the last of two cycles the archive records that season.