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Gil Hodges Hits for the Cycle, 1949

DateJun 25, 1949
ScoreDodgers 17, Pirates 10
TypeCycle

Gil Hodges hit for the cycle for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 25, 1949: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 17–10.

The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 19,800. The game took 2h 27m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Gil Hodges managed it. Bob Chesnes started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Artie Gore umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PIT194906250
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PIT194906250
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