Ken Boyer Hits for the Cycle, 1961

Ken Boyer hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Chicago Cubs on September 14, 1961: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Cardinals won 6–5.

The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. It went eleven innings. The announced attendance was 5,835. The game took 3h 21m. It was a night game, at 60 degrees.

Ken Boyer did it twice in all. Jack Curtis started for the Chicago Cubs. Ken Burkhart umpired behind the plate. It is the only cycle the archive records anywhere in the majors that season.