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"Listed below are the 268 occurrences of players "hitting for the cycle" in Major League Baseball (players with multiple occurrences denoted in parentheses, natural cycles in bold):"

What IS a natural cycle? Tromboneguy0186 12:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Defined in the opening paragraph. MisfitToys 22:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, I have no idea how I missed that. Tromboneguy0186 01:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Quick Update!

Wow, whoever updated the Jose Reyes addition to the cycle list was definately watching the game while on the computer. It was updated immediately!

[edit] Players with 2 or more

There are lots of players missing from this list that were in the above list.

Yes, it seems that someone stopped working on the section at the mid-1930s. MisfitToys 20:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Is this section even needed? The article's quite long as it is, and it's easy enough to do a find on "(2)" or "(3)" in the top list since the multiples are spiked out. -- dakern74 (talk) 06:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Giants cycles

The list in this very article has 21 by the NY/SF Giants. Where does 22 or 24 come from? Js farrar 03:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Football cycle?

TD, PAT, FG, and safety in the same game—ever been done? The Philadelphia Eagles, as a team, did it on Oct. 18, 1992, in a 16-12 loss to the Redskins.--BillFlis 17:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I can't imagine any players have done it (few kickers will have scored a safety, though perhaps someone did it in the two-way era), but I suspect that most teams that have scored safeties have also picked up the other three in the same game. MisfitToys 23:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
But what about a TD, FG, safety, PAT, and a 2 point conversion? That would be more noteworthy, methinks. 71.132.138.14 09:23, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Or TD, PAT, FG, 2-point safety, 1-point safety... -- Jwinters | Talk 00:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Carlos Gomez's Cycle on 5/7/2008

He hit for the cycle in reverse -- a leadoff homer, followed by a triple, then a double, and finishing with a single in the 9th. A reverse natural cycle? shaggy (talk) 04:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Luke Scott, Jim Fregosi and Gee Walker have done this also. Saw a tidbit in an ESPN article, dug around and found this box score/play-by-play [1] to confirm the Fregosi reverse natural cycle. The other two are well-known as "the only two players to ever hit for the reverse natural cycle". shaggy (talk) 18:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Colorado Rockies

Not sure if it deserves mention in this article but on Friday June 6, 2008 4 players from the Colorado Rockies hit for the natural cycle in order in the bottom of the 8th inning. It went Ryan Spillborghs single, Todd Helton double, Garret Atkins triple, Brad Hawpe homerun. Just thought that was interesting anad may deserve mention on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.187.57 (talk) 03:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

  • I don't think that deserves much mention. on June 7, 2008 4 players from the Cardinals hit for the cycle in one inning as well. Tavix (talk) 23:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)