Brock Holt completes the cycle, 20th in Red Sox history. #BrockStrong pic.twitter.com/v3G82VW5km
— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) June 16, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Today Brock Holt accomplished one of baseball rarest feats - hitting for the cycle.
"In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle". Cycles are rare in Major League Baseball (MLB), and have occurred only 306 times since the first by Curry Foley in 1882. The last one being accomplished by Brock Holt on June 16, 2015. The cycle is about as uncommon as a no-hitter (288 occurrences in MLB history); it has been called "one of the rarest" and "most difficult feats" in baseball. Based on 2009 offensive levels, the probability of an average MLB player hitting for a cycle against an average team in a game is approximately 0.00590%; this corresponds to about 2.5 cycles in a 162-game season with 30 teams."
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This will be the highlight of the BoSox season.
Can anyone confirm that every situational occurrence in baseball has occurred? I think the 3-2-2 happened back a few months ago, which had never happened in the game before. So has any situation now been met?
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