An official cycle occurs when a player hits a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game
. Completing the cycle, or hitting for the cycle, is a rare occurrence and every Major League Baseball player who has officially hit for the cycle appears on the chart below. Research by Baseball Almanac.
Has any Met hit for the cycle?
The cycle itself is semi-rare in Major League Baseball (MLB), having occurred a total of 334 times, starting with Curry Foley in 1882, through Eddie Rosario of the Atlanta Braves on September 19, 2021.
Only one current team in MLB has never had a player hit for the cycle: the Miami Marlins
.
What player has hit for the cycle the most?
| Hitting For The Cycle Career Hitting for the Cycle Records | Official List of Players Who Hit for the Cycle | Record Lg(s) Name(s) | Most Cycles In A Career AL Adrian Beltre | NL Babe Herman | Trea Turner |
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Who has pitched a no hitter?
Five pitchers have thrown a no-hitter in both the American League and the National League:
Cy Young, Ryan, Jim Bunning, Nomo, and Randy Johnson
.
Did Babe Ruth ever hit for the cycle?
Why Babe Ruth
Never Hit for the Cycle
, and Other Hitting for the Cycle Tidbits.
Has anyone hit for the cycle in 2021?
Atlanta Braves first baseman
Freddie Freeman
became the third player to hit for the cycle during the 2021 season on Wednesday, accomplishing the feat against the Miami Marlins.
Has anyone ever hit a home run cycle?
Though multiple home run cycles have been recorded in collegiate baseball,
the only known home run cycle in a professional baseball game belongs to Tyrone Horne
, playing for the Arkansas Travelers in a Double-A level Minor League Baseball game against the San Antonio Missions on July 27, 1998.
Has anyone hit for the cycle with an inside the park home run?
July 3, 1943: Red Sox rookie
Leon Culberson
hits for the natural cycle — with inside-the-park home run. Through the 2015 season, Culberson was the last major leaguer to hit for the cycle with an inside-the-park home run. His cycle came in only his 31st major-league game.
Did Mickey Mantle ever hit for the cycle?
Switch-hitter
Mickey Mantle banged out a single, double, triple, and home run, accomplishing the 12th cycle in New York Yankees history.
How many catchers have hit for the cycle?
Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers – Catchers who hit for the cycle. Thru 2006, the CYCLE (single, double, triple, home run in one game) has been accomplished just
248 times
in the major leagues. It has been done fourteen times by a catcher, twice by Mickey Cochrane (1 of only 20 players to have done it 2 or more times) …
Who is the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game?
| Randy Johnson , pictured in 2008, threw his second career no-hitter, a perfect game, on May 18, 2004. | Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves 2 0 | City Atlanta, Georgia |
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What year saw the most no-hitters?
| September 64 | June 50 | May 49 | August 44 | July 44 |
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Who has caught the most no-hitters?
1-T)
Carlos Ruiz
: 4
Ruiz played for the Phillies from 2006-16, and caught every no-hitter the team threw in that span. And, given that Halladay’s postseason no-hitter was the second in history after Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game, Ruiz is one of two catchers to catch a postseason no-no, along with Yogi Berra.
What is the rarest baseball play?
The unassisted triple play
, a triple play in which only one fielder handles the ball, is the least common type of triple play, and is arguably the rarest occurrence in baseball: it has happened only 15 times since 1900 at the major league level.
What is the fastest pitch ever recorded?
Fastest pitch ever thrown
As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at
105.1 mph
by PITCH/fx.
Has anyone thrown a 27 pitch game?
On May 13, 1952 while pitching for the Class-D Bristol Twins,
Ron Necciai
tossed a no-hitter, striking out 27 in nine innings!
Who hit the most home runs?
| Rank Player (yrs, age) Home Runs | 1. Barry Bonds (22) 762 | 2. Henry Aaron+ (23) 755 | 3. Babe Ruth+ (22) 714 | 4. Alex Rodriguez (22) 696 |
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How many guys have hit 4 homeruns in a game?
Five-of-the-seventeen
men to hit four home runs in a game are in the Hall of Fame (Lou Gehrig, Ed Delahanty, Willie Mays, Chuck Klein, and Mike Schmidt).
Has a pitcher ever hit 3 homeruns in a game?
| Player | Wes Ferrell | Home runs | 6 | Season total | 7 | Year | 1935 | Team | Boston Red Sox |
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Has anyone made all 3 outs in an inning?
Caruso set a record that might never be broken: he made all three outs in the inning, against three New Jersey pitchers
. Caruso led off the inning by grounding out to third.
Has anyone ever hit a 600 foot home run?
No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to say it was easily over 500 feet, and
may have approached 600 feet
. A tremendous blast by any standards. In a single game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league players hit in a career!
