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Lou Brock Hits for the Cycle, 1975

DateMay 27, 1975
ScorePadres 1, Cardinals 7
TypeCycle

Lou Brock hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres on May 27, 1975: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Cardinals won 7–1.

The game was played at Busch Stadium II in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 10,060. The game took 2h 29m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Lou Brock managed it. Dave Freisleben started for the San Diego Padres. Bob Engel 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

  1. Retrosheet, SLN197505270
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLN197505270
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