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Bob Johnson Hits for the Cycle, 1944

DateJul 6, 1944
ScoreTigers 3, Red Sox 13
TypeCycle

Bob Johnson hit for the cycle for the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on July 6, 1944: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Boston Red Sox won 13–3.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 5,146. The game took 1h 56m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Bob Johnson managed it. Rufe Gentry started for the Detroit Tigers. Joe Rue umpired behind the plate. It is the first of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BOS194407060
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BOS194407060
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