Joe Torre Hits for the Cycle, 1973
Joe Torre hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 27, 1973: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Cardinals won 15–4.
The game was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 33,041. The game took 2h 19m. It was a night game.
It was the only time Joe Torre managed it. Jim Rooker started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Satch Davidson umpired behind the plate. It is the only cycle the archive records anywhere in the majors that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, PIT197306270
- Retrosheet event files — event:PIT197306270
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