Lee Walls Hits for the Cycle, 1957
DateJul 2, 1957
TeamsCincinnati Redlegs @ Chicago Cubs
ScoreRedlegs 8, Cubs 6
Venue Wrigley Field
TypeCycle
Lee Walls hit for the cycle for the Chicago Cubs against the Cincinnati Redlegs on July 2, 1957: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Chicago Cubs lost 8–6.
The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. It went ten innings. The announced attendance was 10,358. The game took 3h 28m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Lee Walls managed it. Don Gross started for the Cincinnati Redlegs. Bill Baker umpired behind the plate. It is the first of two cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, CHN195707020
- Retrosheet event files — event:CHN195707020
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