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Ted Williams Hits for the Cycle, 1946

DateJul 21, 1946
ScoreBrowns 4, Red Sox 7
TypeCycle

Ted Williams hit for the cycle for the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Browns on July 21, 1946: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Boston Red Sox won 7–4.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 32,358. The game took 2h 23m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Ted Williams managed it. Cliff Fannin started for the St. Louis Browns. Red Jones umpired behind the plate. It is the last of two cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BOS194607212
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BOS194607212
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