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George Burns Hits for the Cycle, 1920

DateSep 17, 1920
ScorePirates 3, Giants 4
TypeCycle

George Burns hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 17, 1920: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Giants won 4–3.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. It went ten innings. The announced attendance was 6,000. The game took 1h 30m. It was a day game.

It was the only time George Burns managed it. Babe Adams started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hank O'Day 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, NY1192009170
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1192009170
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