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Cy Williams Hits for the Cycle, 1927

DateAug 5, 1927
ScorePhillies 9, Pirates 7
TypeCycle

Cy Williams hit for the cycle for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 5, 1927: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Philadelphia Phillies won 9–7.

The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 3,500. The game took 1h 59m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Cy Williams managed it. Vic Aldridge started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bob Hart umpired behind the plate. It is the last of two cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PIT192708050
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PIT192708050
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