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Tris Speaker Hits for the Cycle, 1912

DateJun 9, 1912
ScoreRed Sox 9, Browns 2
TypeCycle

Tris Speaker hit for the cycle for the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Browns on June 9, 1912: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Boston Red Sox won 9–2.

The game was played at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 8,500. The game took 2h 15m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Tris Speaker managed it. Roy Mitchell started for the St. Louis Browns. Silk O'Loughlin umpired behind the plate. It is the first of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, SLA191206090
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLA191206090
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