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Harry Danning Hits for the Cycle, 1940

DateJun 15, 1940
ScorePirates 1, Giants 12
TypeCycle

Harry Danning hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 15, 1940: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Giants won 12–1.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 5,941. The game took 2h 22m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Harry Danning managed it. Joe Bowman started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lee Ballanfant umpired behind the plate. It is the second of five cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NY1194006150
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NY1194006150
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