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Bob Meusel Hits for the Cycle, 1928

DateJul 26, 1928
ScoreYankees 12, Tigers 1
TypeCycle

Bob Meusel hit for the cycle for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers on July 26, 1928: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Yankees won 12–1.

The game was played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. It went twelve innings. The game took 2h 21m. It was a day game.

Bob Meusel did it three times in all. Vic Sorrell started for the Detroit Tigers. Roy Van Graflan umpired behind the plate. It is the last of two cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, DET192807261
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:DET192807261
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