Joe Cronin Hits for the Cycle, 1929
Joe Cronin hit for the cycle for the Washington Senators against the Boston Red Sox on September 2, 1929: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Washington Senators won 10–7.
The game was played at Braves Field in Boston. The announced attendance was 20,000. The game took 2h 08m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Joe Cronin managed it. Danny MacFayden started for the Boston Red Sox. Roy Van Graflan umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, BOS192909021
- Retrosheet event files — event:BOS192909021
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