Major League Baseball: Teams and Players with the Most Cycles

Two of These Players (Bob Meusel, Lou Gehrig) Hit For the Cycle Multiple Times. Not the Guy on the Right.

Scott Hairston became the 10th player in New York Mets history to hit for the cycle last night. It was the 298th time a cycle – a single, double, triple and home run in one game – has been hit.

But not by 298 different players. Some had more than one.

Three players hit for the cycle three times, that’s the most.

Then, you have a bunch of guys who did it twice. That’s still mighty nice.

In total, 27 players have hit for the cycle more than once, including greats like Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, to name two. Here are all 27 in today’s list.

And if you want to see which franchise has the most cycles, the number of cycles for every franchise, a full list of every cycle ever hit (including dates and box scores), and other offbeat cycle stats (like cycles with inside-the-park home runs, grand slams or in natural order, etc.) check out my sources, mlb.com, baseball-almanac.com (NL, AL, Offbeat), and yes I did this time, wikipedia, who did a bang-up job.

Bob Meusel	3	New York Yankees (1921, 1922, 1928)
Babe Herman	3	Brooklyn Robins (1931, 1931), Chicago Cubs (1933)
John Reilly	3	Cincinnati Reds (1883, 1883, 1890)
Arky Vaugham	2	Pittsburgh Pirates (1933, 1939)
Bob Watson	2	Houston Astros (1977), Boston Red Sox (1979)
Bobby Doerr	2	Boston Red Sox (1944, 1947)
Brad Wilkerson	2	Montreal Expos (2003), Washington Nationals (2005)
Cesar Cedeno	2	Houston Astros (1972, 1976)
Chris Speier	2	Montreal Expos (1978), San Francisco Giants (1988)
Chuck Klein	2	Philadelphia Phillies (1931, 1933)
Dave Orr	2	New York Metropolitans (1885, 1887)
Frank White	2	Kansas City Royals (1979, 1982)
Fred Clarke	2	Pittsburg Pirates (1901, 1903)
George Brett	2	Kansas City Royals (1979, 1990)
George Sisler	2	St. Louis Browns (1920, 1921)
Jim Fregosi	2	L.A. Angels (1964), California Angles (1968)
Jimmy Ryan	2	Chicago White Stockings (1888), Chicago Colts (1891)
Joe Cronin	2	Washington Senators (1929), Boston Red Sox (1940)
Joe DiMaggio	2	New York Yankees (1937, 1948)
John Olerud	2	New York Mets (1997), Seattle Mariners (2001)
Ken Boyer	2	St. Louis Cardinals (1961, 1964)
Lou Gehrig	2	New York Yankees (1934, 1937)
Mickey Cochrane	2	Philadelphia A’s (1932, 1933)
Mike Tiernan	2	New York Giants (1888, 1890)
Pete Browning	2	Louisville Colonels (1886, 1889)
Tip O’Neill	2	St. Louis Brown Stockings (1887, 1887)
Wally Westlake	2	Pittsburgh Pirates (1948, 1949)

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