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Jim King Hits for the Cycle, 1964

DateMay 26, 1964
ScoreSenators 2, Red Sox 3
TypeCycle

Jim King hit for the cycle for the Washington Senators against the Boston Red Sox on May 26, 1964: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Washington Senators lost 3–2.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 10,181. The game took 2h 27m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Jim King managed it. Earl Wilson started for the Boston Red Sox. Cal Drummond umpired behind the plate. It is the first of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BOS196405260
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BOS196405260
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