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Elmer Valo Hits for the Cycle, 1950

DateAug 2, 1950
ScoreAthletics 10, White Sox 3
TypeCycle

Elmer Valo hit for the cycle for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Chicago White Sox on August 2, 1950: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Philadelphia Athletics won 10–3.

The game was played at Comiskey Park I in Chicago. The announced attendance was 1,729. The game took 2h 22m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Elmer Valo managed it. Ray Scarborough started for the Chicago White Sox. Hank Soar 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, CHA195008020
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHA195008020
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