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César Tovar Hits for the Cycle, 1972

DateSep 19, 1972
ScoreRangers 3, Twins 5
TypeCycle

César Tovar hit for the cycle for the Minnesota Twins against the Texas Rangers on September 19, 1972: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Minnesota Twins won 5–3.

The game was played at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The announced attendance was 4,240. The game took 2h 55m. It was a night game, at 80 degrees.

It was the only time César Tovar managed it. Dick Bosman started for the Texas Rangers. Red Flaherty umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, MIN197209190
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:MIN197209190
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