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Willie McGee Hits for the Cycle, 1984

DateJun 23, 1984
ScoreCardinals 11, Cubs 12
TypeCycle

Willie McGee hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Chicago Cubs on June 23, 1984: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Cardinals lost 12–11.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. It went eleven innings. The announced attendance was 38,079. The game took 3h 53m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Willie McGee managed it. Steve Trout started for the Chicago Cubs. Doug Harvey umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN198406230
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN198406230
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