Bob Elliott Hits for the Cycle, 1945
Bob Elliott hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Brooklyn Dodgers on July 15, 1945: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 15–3.
The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 24,129. The game took 1h 56m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Bob Elliott managed it. Hal Gregg started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. George Magerkurth umpired behind the plate. It is the first of two cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, PIT194507152
- Retrosheet event files — event:PIT194507152
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