A single, a double, a triple, and a home run. Hit them all in one game and the cycle is complete. Listed below are records for players who have hit for the cycle. If you are interested in a chronological list sorted by a specific team please visit our Team by Team section. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"He (Babe Herman [NL record holder for career cycles]) used to tell me to wait on the ball, wait a little longer and swing quick at the end. The gangly left-handed swinger could tell in batting practice when he was ready for a good night." - Teammate Cliff Dapper
Hitting For The CycleCareer Hitting for the Cycle Records | Official List of Players Who Hit for the Cycle |
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Record | Lg(s) | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Cycles In A Career |
AL | Bob Meusel | New York | 3 | 05-07-1921 |
New York | 07-03-1922 | ||||
New York | 07-26-1928 | ||||
Adrian Beltre | Seattle | 3 | 09-01-2008 | ||
Texas | 08-24-2012 | ||||
Texas | 08-03-2015 | ||||
NL | Babe Herman | Brooklyn | 3 | 05-18-1931 | |
Brooklyn | 07-24-1931 | ||||
Chicago | 09-30-1933 | ||||
Trea Turner | Washington | 3 | 04-25-2017 | ||
Washington | 07-23-2019 | ||||
Washington | 06-30-2021 | ||||
Christian Yelich | Milwaukee | 3 | 08-29-2018 | ||
Milwaukee | 09-17-2018 | ||||
Milwaukee | 05-11-2022 | ||||
ML | John Reilly | Cincinnati (AA) | 3 | 09-12-1883 | |
Cincinnati (AA) | 09-19-1883 | ||||
Cincinnati (NL) | 08-06-1890 | ||||
Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Hitting For The CycleSingle Season Hitting for the Cycle Records | Official List of Players Who Hit for the Cycle |
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Record | Lg | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most Cycles In A Season |
AA | Tip O'Neill | St. Louis | 2 | 04-30-1887 |
St. Louis | 05-07-1887 | ||||
John Reilly | Cincinnati | 09-12-1883 | |||
Cincinnati | 09-19-1883 | ||||
AL | Too Many To List | - | 1 | - | |
NL | Babe Herman | Brooklyn | 2 | 05-18-1931 | |
Brooklyn | 07-24-1931 | ||||
Aaron Hill | Arizona | 06-18-2012 | |||
Arizona | 06-29-2012 | ||||
Christian Yelich | Milwaukee | 08-29-2018 | |||
Milwaukee | 09-17-2018 | ||||
Record | Lg(s) | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Hitting For The CycleMiscellaneous Hitting for the Cycle Items of Interest |
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Record | Lg(s) | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Cycles Hit In Natural Order 1B, 2B, 3B, HR |
AA | Pete Browning | Louisville | 08-08-1886 | |
Lon Knight | Philadelphia | 07-30-1883 | |||
AL | Leon Culberson | Boston | 07-03-1943 | ||
Bob Fothergill | Detroit | 09-26-1926 | |||
Charlie Gehringer | Detroit | 05-27-1939 | |||
Tony Lazzeri | New York | 06-03-1932 | |||
Gary Mathews, Jr. | Texas | 09-13-2006 | |||
Jose Valentin | Chicago | 04-27-2000 | |||
Bob Watson | Boston | 09-15-1979 | |||
NL | Ken Boyer | St. Louis | 06-16-1964 | ||
Tom Burns | Brooklyn | 08-01-1890 | |||
Fred Carroll | Pittsburgh | 05-02-1887 | |||
Bill Collins | Boston | 10-06-1910 | |||
Tim Foli | Montreal | 04-21-1976 | |||
Jim Hickman | New York | 08-07-1963 | |||
John Mabry | St. Louis | 05-18-1996 | |||
Billy Williams | Chicago | 07-17-1966 | |||
Brad Wilkerson | Montreal | 06-24-2003 | |||
Cycles Hit In Reverse Order HR, 3B, 2B, 1B |
AA | Henry Larkin | Philadelphia | 06-16-1885 | |
Bid McPhee | Cincinnati | 08-26-1887 | |||
AL | Bill Bradley | Cleveland | 09-24-1903 | ||
Gee Walker | Detroit | 04-20-1937 | |||
Jim Fregosi | California | 05-20-1968 | |||
Carlos Gomez | Minnesota | 05-07-2008 | |||
Rajai Davis | Cleveland | 07-02-2016 | |||
NL | Sam Mertes | New York | 10-04-1904 | ||
Arky Vaughan | Pittsburgh | 07-19-1939 | |||
Jackie Robinson | Brooklyn | 08-29-1948 | |||
Luke Scott | Houston | 07-28-2006 | |||
Cycles Hit With A Grand Slam |
AL | Jay Buhner | Seattle | 06-23-1993 | |
Jimmie Foxx | Philadelphia | 08-14-1933 | |||
Jason Kubel | Minnesota | 04-17-2009 | |||
Nap Lajoie | Philadelphia | 07-30-1901 | |||
Tony Lazzeri | New York | 06-03-1932 | |||
Bengie Molina | Texas | 07-16-2010 | |||
Miguel Tejada | Oakland | 09-29-2001 | |||
NL | Curry Foley | Buffalo | 05-25-1882 | ||
Bill Terry | New York | 05-29-1928 | |||
Cycles Hit With A Walk-Off Home Run |
AL | Cesar Tovar | Minnesota | 09-19-1972 | |
George Brett | Kansas City | 05-28-1979 | |||
Dwight Evans | Boston | 06-28-1984 | |||
NL | Ken Boyer | St. Louis | 09-14-1961 | ||
Carlos Gonzalez | Colorado | 07-31-2010 | |||
Nolan Arenado | Colorado | 06-18-2017 | |||
Cycles Hit With An Inside The Park Home Run |
AA | Lon Knight | Philadelphia | 07-30-1883 | |
Bid McPhee | Cincinnati | 08-26-1887 | |||
AL | Harry Davis | Philadelphia | 07-10-1901 | ||
Patsy Dougherty | Boston | 07-29-1903 | |||
Otis Clymer | Washington | 10-02-1908 | |||
Danny Murphy | Philadelphia | 08-25-1910 | |||
Goose Goslin | Washington | 08-28-1924 | |||
Leon Culberson | Boston | 07-03-1943 | |||
NL | Jim O'Rourke | Buffalo | 06-16-1884 | ||
George Wood | Detroit | 06-13-1885 | |||
Larry Twitchell | Cleveland | 08-15-1889 | |||
Bill Hassamaer | Washington | 06-13-1894 | |||
Bill Joyce | Washington | 05-30-1896 | |||
Fred Clarke | Pittsburgh | 07-23-1901 | |||
Fred Clarke | Pittsburgh | 05-07-1903 | |||
Chief Wilson | Pittsburgh | 07-03-1910 | |||
Bill Collins | Boston | 10-06-1910 | |||
Heinie Groh | Cincinnati | 07-05-1915 | |||
Dave Bancroft | New York | 06-01-1921 | |||
Ross Youngs | New York | 04-29-1922 | |||
Kiki Cuyler | Pittsburgh | 06-04-1925 | |||
Max Carey | Pittsburgh | 06-20-1925 | |||
Freddie Lindstrom | New York | 05-08-1930 | |||
Harry Danning | New York | 06-15-1940 | |||
Cycles In Interleague Games |
AL | Damion Easley | Detroit | 06-08-2001 | |
vs Milwaukee | |||||
John Olerud | Seattle | 06-16-2001 | |||
at San Diego | |||||
Eric Byrnes | Oakland | 06-29-2003 | |||
at San Francisco | |||||
Mike Cuddyer | Minnesota | 05-22-2009 | |||
vs Milwaukee | |||||
Brock Holt | Boston | 06-16-2015 | |||
vs Atlanta | |||||
Shin-Soo Choo | Texas | 07-21-2015 | |||
at Colorado | |||||
Jorge Polanco | Minnesota | 04-05-2019 | |||
vs Philadelphia | |||||
Austin Hays | Baltimore | 06-22-2022 | |||
vs Washington | |||||
Cedric Mullins | Baltimore | 05-12-2023 | |||
vs Pitstburgh | |||||
NL | Dante Bichette | Colorado | 06-10-1998 | ||
vs Texas | |||||
Aaron Hill | Arizona | 06-18-2012 | |||
vs Seattle | |||||
Trea Turner | Washington | 06-30-2021 | |||
vs Tampa Bay | |||||
Cycles On Different Teams Same League |
AL | Joe Cronin | Washington | 09-02-1929 | |
Boston | 08-02-1940 | ||||
Adrian Beltre | Seattle | 09-01-2008 | |||
Texas | 08-24-2012 | ||||
Texas | 08-03-2015 | ||||
Carlos Gomez | Minnesota | 05-07-2008 | |||
Texas | 04-29-2017 | ||||
NL | Babe Herman | Brooklyn | 05-18-1931 | ||
Brooklyn | 07-24-1931 | ||||
Chicago | 09-30-1933 | ||||
Chris Speier | Montreal | 07-20-1978 | |||
San Francisco | 07-09-1988 | ||||
Brad Wilkerson | Montreal | 06-24-2003 | |||
Washington | 04-06-2005 | ||||
Nolan Arenado | Colorado | 06-18-2017 | |||
St. Louis | 07-01-2022 | ||||
Cycles On Different Teams In Different Leagues |
AA & NL | John Reilly | Cincinnati | AA | 09-12-1883 |
Cincinnati | AA | 09-19-1883 | |||
Cincinnati | NL | 08-06-1890 | |||
AL & NL | Bob Watson | Houston | NL | 06-24-1977 | |
Boston | AL | 09-15-1979 | |||
John Olerud | New York | NL | 09-11-1997 | ||
Seattle | AL | 06-16-2001 | |||
Mike Cuddyer | Minnesota | AL | 05-22-2009 | ||
Colorado | NL | 08-17-2014 | |||
Cycles Time Between |
Closest | Tip O'Neill | St. Louis | 7d | 04-30-1887 |
05-07-1887 | |||||
John Reilly | Cincinnati | 09-12-1883 | |||
09-19-1883 | |||||
Farthest | George Brett | Kansas City | 11y58d | 05-28-1979 | |
07-25-1990 | |||||
Cycles Oldest Cycle Hitters |
AL | Dave Winfield | California | 39.264 | 06-24-1991 |
NL | Cy Williams | Philadelphia | 39.227 | 08-05-1927 | |
Cycles Youngest Cycle Hitters |
AL | Mike Trout | Los Angeles | 21.288 | 05-21-2013 |
NL | Mel Ott | New York | 20.075 | 05-16-1929 | |
Record | Lg(s) | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Hitting For The Cycle Records | Research by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that every single baseball player who has hit for the cycle in Major League history (American League cycles | National League cycles) and the date they did this amazing hitting feat—not to mention more than two hundred actual cycle box scores—is recorded here on Baseball Almanac?
During a two week span in 1933, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, and Pinky Higgins all hit for the cycle. So? All three of them were on the same team, the 1933 Philadelphia Athletics!
On June 3, 1932, Tony Lazzeri (picture above) had a natural cycle that was also completed with a grand slam; however, this amazing event is often overlooked because it was the same game in which Lou Gehrig hit four home runs.