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Jim Hickman Hits for the Cycle, 1963

DateAug 7, 1963
ScoreCardinals 3, Mets 7
TypeCycle

Jim Hickman hit for the cycle for the New York Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 7, 1963: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Mets won 7–3.

The game was played at Polo Grounds V in New York. The announced attendance was 9,977. The game took 2h 44m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Jim Hickman managed it. Ernie Broglio started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Paul Pryor umpired behind the plate. It is the last of two cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NYN196308070
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NYN196308070
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