Baseball Cycles by SussmanM

Champion(s):

WellsW
If you ain't first, you're last


Runner(s)-Up:

CrocettoR


Quiz Description

A cycle is hitting a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game. It's not the most impressive feat, but they're still a cherished accomplishment. Unless specified, all questions are specific to Major League Baseball.

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Questions:

Rounded to the nearest hundred, how many recorded cycles have there been in Major League Baseball History as of 2015?

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300 (306)

Name any of the four players to hit for the cycle in 2015. In that season, one of these players was an All-Star; the others earned at least an $18 million salary.

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Adrian Beltre, Shin-Soo Choo, Brock Holt, Matt Kemp

Which player holds the record for fewest days in between cycles, with seven? He shares a first and last name with the actor who portrayed the catcher in Kevin Costner's For The Love Of The Game.

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John Reilly

Seven players hold the record for most total bases in a cycle game (most recently Greg Colbrunn in 2002), with how many bases?

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14

No player has ever hit a cycle while playing for which current franchise?

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Miami/Florida Marlins

Of all the players to hit for a cycle, which player has the most career hits?

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Stan Musial

Three times, this player came up a single shy of the cycle in a 12-month span. During that span, he received votes for Rookie of the Year -- in multiple seasons. Name this two-time Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year, who ultimately hit his cycle in 1995 with the Phillies.

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Gregg Jefferies

All-Star outfielder Gary Ward hit for the cycle in 1980. What is the first name of his son, who hit one for the Pirates in 2004 — making them the only father-son combination to cycle in history?

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Daryle

No one player has ever hit a cycle in the postseason, but in Game 5 of the 2011 American League Championship Series the Detroit Tigers completed one in four consecutive plate appearances (a natural cycle, even). Name any two hitters involved in this rare feat.

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Ryan Raburn (1B), Miguel Cabrera (2B), Victor Martinez (3B), Delmon Young (HR)

The only team to have three players cycle in a season was the 1933 Philadelphia Athletics, where three players did it in a 12-day span. One of the players was Pinky Higgins; name either Hall of Famer who hit one of the others.

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Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx

Alex Ochoa is the only player to hit a cycle in both the MLB and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. His NPB cycle was with which Nagoya-based team, also the former team of Kosuke Fukudome and Wei-Yin Chen?

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Chunichi Dragons

The home runs hit by Ken Boyer, Cesar Tovar, George Brett, Dwight Evans, and Carlos Gonzalez to complete their respective cycles all have exclusively what in common?

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They were walk-off (game-ending) hits