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Ralph Kiner Hits for the Cycle, 1950

DateJun 25, 1950
ScorePirates 16, Dodgers 11
TypeCycle

Ralph Kiner hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 25, 1950: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 16–11.

The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The announced attendance was 20,196. The game took 3h 11m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Ralph Kiner managed it. Don Newcombe started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bill Stewart umpired behind the plate. It is the second of five cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BRO195006250
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BRO195006250
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