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Jackie Robinson Hits for the Cycle, 1948

DateAug 29, 1948
ScoreDodgers 12, Cardinals 7
TypeCycle

Jackie Robinson hit for the cycle for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 29, 1948: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 12–7.

The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. The game took 2h 32m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Jackie Robinson managed it. Harry Brecheen started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Butch Henline umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, SLN194808291
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLN194808291
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