Hitting for the cycle

For the Major League Baseball players who have completed this feat, see List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle.

Curry Foley was the first player in Major League Baseball history to hit for the cycle, in 1882 for the Buffalo Bisons.
Harry Davis hit the first cycle in American League history, in 1901 for the Philadelphia Athletics.

In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter who hits a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle".[1] Cycles are rare in Major League Baseball (MLB), having occurred only 346 times, starting with Curry Foley in 1882.[2][3] The most recent cycle in MLB was accomplished by Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros on July 21, 2024.[4]

  1. ^ "Hitting for the Cycle Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Huber, Mike. "June 14, 1876: George Hall gets five hits, but is it a cycle?". SABR. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Cycles Chronologically". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "Alvarez completes cycle with late double in Seattle". MLB.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.