John Valentin Hits for the Cycle, 1996

John Valentin hit for the cycle for the Boston Red Sox against the Chicago White Sox on June 6, 1996: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Boston Red Sox won 7–4.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 24,382. The game took 3h 09m. It was a night game, at 81 degrees.

It was the only time John Valentin managed it. Joe Magrane started for the Chicago White Sox. Tim Welke umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three cycles the archive records that season.