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Padres players missing the cycle by a double

Posted by Andy on July 22, 2007

I was just reading the AP recap of last night's Phillies-Padres game.

The very last line says:

"Bradley is the 302nd Padres player to miss the cycle by one hit and the 15th to miss by a double."

And I thought to myself...how interesting. Turns out that's easy to find with the PI Game Finder. Set the player's team to the Padres, set singles, triples, and HR all greater than or equal to 1, and doubles to zero, and you get the full list of 15:

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Milton Bradley    2007-07-21    SDP  PHI L  4-12  5  5  2  3  0  1  1   2  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd LF        

    2 Xavier Nady       2005-04-09    SDP  PIT W 11-3   5  5  2  4  0  1  1   4  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th CF        

    3 Ron Gant          2002-08-08    SDP  PHI W  7-4   5  5  1  3  0  1  1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 5th LF        

    4 Carlos Hernandez  1997-08-17    SDP  CHC L  5-6   4  4  2  3  0  1  1   3  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 8th C         
    5 Steve Finley      1997-07-13    SDP @COL W 13-11  5  5  2  3  0  1  1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   1  0  0 5th CF        

    6 Steve Finley      1995-08-11(2) SDP  STL W  5-2   5  5  2  4  0  1  1   3  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 1st CF        

    7 Jeff Gardner      1993-07-20    SDP  NYM W  4-1   4  4  1  3  0  1  1   1  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 1st 2B        

    8 Rob Nelson        1989-06-14    SDP  CIN W  4-2   4  3  1  3  0  1  1   1  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  1 6th 1B        

    9 Kevin McReynolds  1986-09-20    SDP @HOU L  6-10  4  4  1  3  0  1  1   3  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 4th CF        

   10 Gene Richards     1981-05-23    SDP @ATL L  6-7   6  6  2  3  0  1  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   1   0  0  0 3rd LF        

   11 Kurt Bevacqua     1979-07-31    SDP @ATL W 10-3   6  6  2  3  0  1  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd 2B        
   12 Gene Tenace       1979-07-11    SDP @PHI W  7-3   5  4  2  3  0  1  1   2  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 5th C         

   13 Enzo Hernandez    1972-10-03    SDP @SFG L  4-7   5  5  2  4  0  1  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd SS        

   14 Nate Colbert      1971-07-09(2) SDP  CHC W  7-2   4  4  2  3  0  1  1   4  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 4th 1B        

   15 Nate Colbert      1970-08-06    SDP  HOU L  6-8   5  4  4  3  0  1  1   3  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th 1B        

It's amazing that no Padres player has ever hit for the cycle. The team they played last night, the Phils, have had three since 1957, found with a similar PI Game Finder search:

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 David Bell        2004-06-28    PHI  MON W 14-6   5  4  2  4  1  1  1   6  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th 3B        

    2 Gregg Jefferies   1995-08-25    PHI  LAD W 17-4   5  5  4  4  1  1  1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd 1B        

    3 Johnny Callison   1963-06-27    PHI @PIT W 13-4   6  5  2  4  1  1  1   4  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd RF        

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