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Mickey Vernon Hits for the Cycle, 1946

DateMay 19, 1946
ScoreSenators 7, White Sox 1
TypeCycle

Mickey Vernon hit for the cycle for the Washington Senators against the Chicago White Sox on May 19, 1946: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Washington Senators won 7–1.

The game was played at Comiskey Park I in Chicago. The announced attendance was 30,912. The game took 1h 54m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Mickey Vernon managed it. Eddie Lopat started for the Chicago White Sox. Bill Grieve umpired behind the plate. It is the first of two cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHA194605192
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHA194605192
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