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Buddy Rosar Hits for the Cycle, 1940

DateJul 19, 1940
ScoreIndians 6, Yankees 15
TypeCycle

Buddy Rosar hit for the cycle for the New York Yankees against the Cleveland Indians on July 19, 1940: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Yankees won 15–6.

The game was played at Yankee Stadium I in New York. The announced attendance was 12,151. The game took 2h 16m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Buddy Rosar managed it. Al Smith started for the Cleveland Indians. Joe Rue umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of five cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NYA194007190
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NYA194007190
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