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Wes Parker Hits for the Cycle, 1970

DateMay 7, 1970
ScoreDodgers 7, Mets 4
TypeCycle

Wes Parker hit for the cycle for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Mets on May 7, 1970: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Los Angeles Dodgers won 7–4.

The game was played at Shea Stadium in New York. It went ten innings. The announced attendance was 16,552. The game took 3h 23m. It was a night game.

It was the only time Wes Parker managed it. Ray Sadecki started for the New York Mets. Bob Engel umpired behind the plate. It is the first of five cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NYN197005070
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NYN197005070
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