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Bobby Murcer Hits for the Cycle, 1972

DateAug 29, 1972
ScoreRangers 6, Yankees 7
TypeCycle

Bobby Murcer hit for the cycle for the New York Yankees against the Texas Rangers on August 29, 1972: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Yankees won 7–6.

The game was played at Yankee Stadium I in New York. It went eleven innings. The game took 3h 18m. It was a night game, at 85 degrees.

It was the only time Bobby Murcer managed it. Mike Paul started for the Texas Rangers. John Rice umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NYA197208291
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NYA197208291
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