Oh Nine: The Year Of The Cycle
Posted by Steve Lombardi on August 16, 2009
Following up on Andy's note from April...
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder...
We've now had seven cycles in the big leagues this season, to date - and that's the most in one season, for MLB, from 1954 through 2009:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +----+-----+-------------------------+ 2009 7 Ind. Games 2004 6 Ind. Games 1976 6 Ind. Games 2008 5 Ind. Games 2006 5 Ind. Games 2001 5 Ind. Games 2000 5 Ind. Games 1980 5 Ind. Games 1970 5 Ind. Games 2003 4 Ind. Games 1991 4 Ind. Games 1989 4 Ind. Games 1987 4 Ind. Games 1985 4 Ind. Games 1984 4 Ind. Games 1979 4 Ind. Games 1972 4 Ind. Games 1964 4 Ind. Games 2007 3 Ind. Games 2005 3 Ind. Games 1999 3 Ind. Games 1998 3 Ind. Games 1996 3 Ind. Games 1995 3 Ind. Games 1993 3 Ind. Games 1988 3 Ind. Games 1978 3 Ind. Games 1977 3 Ind. Games
August 16th, 2009 at 10:40 am
I was just reading about Felix Pie's cycle over at Yahoo Sports and they were saying that in 1933, and even earlier in 1890, the record was set at eight cycles in one season. Let's see if Oh-Nine can produce two more cycles and break that record.
August 16th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Thanks for following up on this Steve.