Honus Wagner Hits for the Cycle, 1912
Honus Wagner hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Giants on August 22, 1912: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Pittsburgh Pirates lost 8–6.
The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 25,000. The game took 2h 05m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Honus Wagner managed it. Rube Marquard started for the New York Giants. Bill Klem umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, PIT191208222
- Retrosheet event files — event:PIT191208222
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