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Sam Chapman Hits for the Cycle, 1939

DateMay 5, 1939
ScoreAthletics 10, Browns 5
TypeCycle

Sam Chapman hit for the cycle for the Philadelphia Athletics against the St. Louis Browns on May 5, 1939: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Philadelphia Athletics won 10–5.

The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 1,238. The game took 2h 19m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Sam Chapman managed it. Bill Trotter started for the St. Louis Browns. Eddie Rommel umpired behind the plate. It is the first of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, SLA193905050
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLA193905050
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