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Charlie Gehringer Hits for the Cycle, 1939

DateMay 27, 1939
ScoreBrowns 5, Tigers 12
TypeCycle

Charlie Gehringer hit for the cycle for the Detroit Tigers against the St. Louis Browns on May 27, 1939: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Detroit Tigers won 12–5.

The game was played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The announced attendance was 17,345. The game took 2h 17m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Charlie Gehringer managed it. Vern Kennedy started for the St. Louis Browns. Eddie Rommel umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, DET193905270
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:DET193905270
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