Freddie Lindstrom Hits for the Cycle, 1930
Freddie Lindstrom hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 8, 1930: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Giants won 13–10.
The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. It went ten innings. The announced attendance was 5,000. The game took 2h 24m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Freddie Lindstrom managed it. Percy Jones started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bill Klem umpired behind the plate. It is the first of three cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, PIT193005080
- Retrosheet event files — event:PIT193005080
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