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Stan Musial Hits for the Cycle, 1949

DateJul 24, 1949
ScoreCardinals 14, Dodgers 1
TypeCycle

Stan Musial hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Brooklyn Dodgers on July 24, 1949: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Cardinals won 14–1.

The game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The announced attendance was 34,042. The game took 2h 32m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Stan Musial managed it. Don Newcombe started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Babe Pinelli umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BRO194907240
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BRO194907240
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