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George Brett Hits for the Cycle, 1979

DateMay 28, 1979
ScoreOrioles 4, Royals 5
TypeCycle

George Brett hit for the cycle for the Kansas City Royals against the Baltimore Orioles on May 28, 1979: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Kansas City Royals won 5–4.

The game was played at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. It went 16 innings. The announced attendance was 34,677. The game took 4h 58m. It was a night game.

George Brett did it twice in all. Dennis Martínez started for the Baltimore Orioles. George Maloney umpired behind the plate. It is the first of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, KCA197905280
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:KCA197905280
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