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Hack Wilson Hits for the Cycle, 1930

DateJun 23, 1930
ScorePhillies 8, Cubs 21
TypeCycle

Hack Wilson hit for the cycle for the Chicago Cubs against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 23, 1930: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Chicago Cubs won 21–8.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 15,000. The game took 2h 07m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Hack Wilson managed it. Claude Willoughby started for the Philadelphia Phillies. Lou Jorda 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, CHN193006230
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN193006230
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