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Mike Phillips Hits for the Cycle, 1976

DateJun 25, 1976
ScoreMets 7, Cubs 4
TypeCycle

Mike Phillips hit for the cycle for the New York Mets against the Chicago Cubs on June 25, 1976: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Mets won 7–4.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 11,280. The game took 2h 31m. It was a day game under sunny skies, at 76 degrees.

It was the only time Mike Phillips managed it. Ray Burris started for the Chicago Cubs. Bill Williams umpired behind the plate. It is the third of six cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN197606250
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN197606250
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