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Mike Greenwell Hits for the Cycle, 1988

DateSep 14, 1988
ScoreOrioles 3, Red Sox 4
TypeCycle

Mike Greenwell hit for the cycle for the Boston Red Sox against the Baltimore Orioles on September 14, 1988: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Boston Red Sox won 4–3.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 32,745. The game took 2h 33m. It was a night game, at 78 degrees.

It was the only time Mike Greenwell managed it. José Bautista started for the Baltimore Orioles. Joe Brinkman umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BOS198809140
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BOS198809140
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