George Sisler Hits for the Cycle, 1920
George Sisler hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Browns against the Washington Senators on August 8, 1920: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Browns won 11–4.
The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 15,000. The game took 2h 03m. It was a day game under overcast skies.
George Sisler did it twice in all. Eric Erickson started for the Washington Senators. Dick Nallin umpired behind the plate. It is the first of two cycles the archive records that season.
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Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, SLA192008082
- Retrosheet event files — event:SLA192008082
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