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Bob Watson Hits for the Cycle, 1977

DateJun 24, 1977
ScoreGiants 5, Astros 6
Venue Astrodome
TypeCycle

Bob Watson hit for the cycle for the Houston Astros against the San Francisco Giants on June 24, 1977: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Houston Astros won 6–5.

The game was played at Astrodome in Houston. It went eleven innings. The announced attendance was 13,119. The game took 3h 04m. It was a night game indoors.

Bob Watson did it twice in all. Bob Knepper started for the San Francisco Giants. Jim Quick 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, HOU197706240
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:HOU197706240
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