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Oscar Melillo Hits for the Cycle, 1929

DateMay 23, 1929
ScoreBrowns 7, Indians 5
TypeCycle

Oscar Melillo hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Browns against the Cleveland Indians on May 23, 1929: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Browns won 7–5.

The game was played at League Park IV in Cleveland. The announced attendance was 6,000. The game took 2h 00m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Oscar Melillo managed it. Wes Ferrell started for the Cleveland Indians. George Moriarty umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CLE192905232
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CLE192905232
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