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Carl Yastrzemski Hits for the Cycle, 1965

DateMay 14, 1965
ScoreTigers 12, Red Sox 8
TypeCycle

Carl Yastrzemski hit for the cycle for the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on May 14, 1965: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Boston Red Sox lost 12–8.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. It went ten innings. The announced attendance was 10,271. The game took 3h 25m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Carl Yastrzemski managed it. Denny McLain started for the Detroit Tigers. Larry Napp umpired behind the plate. It is the only cycle the archive records anywhere in the majors that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BOS196505140
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BOS196505140
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