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Pinky Higgins Hits for the Cycle, 1933

DateAug 6, 1933
ScoreAthletics 12, Senators 8
TypeCycle

Pinky Higgins hit for the cycle for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Washington Senators on August 6, 1933: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Philadelphia Athletics won 12–8.

The game was played at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The game took 2h 19m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Pinky Higgins managed it. Ed Chapman started for the Washington Senators. Bill McGowan umpired behind the plate. It is the fifth of eight cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, WS1193308060
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:WS1193308060
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