Hit for the Cycle

Stone193

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I know that no one is going to rush out and pick up his RC's or anything. But, how significant is this statistic? What are your thoughts on this one.
Mike

goodriddance189

chad moeller?

phreakydancin

I view this feat a little like a hole-in-one in golf: it's more of a statistical anomaly than a major achievement.

bengineno9

pretty impressive when your hitting under .250 i beleive...

mrmr

Except the double was really an error.

helionaut

Cycles are cool, and rare but not really super-rare. Someone 7 or 8 years ago figured out that there had been as many cycles as no-hitters, which was 239 at the time. I think no-hitters are a little ahead now. Hank Blalock did it twice in one week back in 2001 in the minors. It's only 4 hits in one game, but if you can find a list of who has done it, it is amazing to see who has done it, and who has not.

spacktrack

Players that hit for the cycle

phreakydancin

Thanks, spacktrack.

The fact that the Pirates have had 22 but the Dodgers only 8 shows what anomalies these are.

kuhlmann

Interesting that babe ruth never hit for the cycle! nor has barry bonds

DirtyHarry

"The Cycle" is over-rated. The premier accomplishment is hitting 4 home runs in one game. It's only been done 15 times. Fewer perfect games have been thrown than 4 home run games. There are also many players who have acheived 4 hits in a game that are actually "better" than "the cycle" (ie - 2 home runs, double, single).

DirtyHarry

I meant to say that "more perfect games have been thrown than 4 home run games".

As refererence, here is who did it:

AL - Gehrig(32), Seerey(48), Colavito(59), Cameron(02), Delgado(03).

NL - Lowe(1894), Delahanty(1896), Klein(36), Hodges(50), Adclock(54), Mays(61), Schmidt(76), Horner(86), Whiten(93), Green(02).

helionaut

The cycle isn't over-rated. In fact, I'm not aware of any "ratings" at all. It's just a curious accomplishment that has a cool name. If there was a name for a single, a double and 2 homers, people would keep track of those, too.

Earlier this week, Kevin Mench of the Rangers was a double away from a cycle. In his last AB he hit what looked like a gapper to left-center but Raul Ibanez cut it off (it wasn't really hit very hard). But for a second Mench looked like he was going for it, really digging around first but he pulled up when he saw he had no shot. That was pretty fun.