Most Total Bases in a Cycle

Posted by Raphy on September 1, 2008

After hitting for the cycle today against the Cardinals, Stephen Drew decided to try it again. He tacked on a double to his total before the game ended, leaving him with a cycle and 12 total bases. Here are the other players since 1956 with at least that many total bases in a cycle.

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR **TB** RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+------+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Greg Colbrunn     2002-09-18    ARI @SDP W 10-3   6  6  4  5  1  1  2   14     4  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd 1B        
    2 George Brett      1979-05-28    KCR  BAL W  5-4   8  7  3  5  1  1  2   14     4  1   1  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd 3B        
    3 Carl Yastrzemski  1965-05-14    BOS  DET L  8-12  6  5  2  5  1  1  2   14     5  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd LF        

    4 Rondell White     1995-06-11    MON @SFG W 10-8   7  7  5  6  2  1  1   13     3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 5th CF        

    5 Eric Byrnes       2003-06-29    OAK @SFG W  5-2   5  5  2  5  2  1  1   12     2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 1st LF        
    6 Alex Ochoa        1996-07-03    NYM @PHI W 10-6   5  5  3  5  2  1  1   12     3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th RF        
    7 Scott Cooper      1994-04-12    BOS @KCR W 22-11  6  6  2  5  2  1  1   12     5  0   0  0   0  0  0   1   0  0  0 7th 3B        
    8 Travis Fryman     1993-07-28    DET  NYY L  7-12  5  5  2  5  2  1  1   12     4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd 3B        
    9 Chris Speier      1988-07-09    SFG  STL W 21-2   6  6  4  5  2  1  1   12     5  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd 2B        
   10 Tim Raines        1987-08-16    MON  PIT W 10-7   5  5  4  5  2  1  1   12     1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 1st LF        
   11 Dan Ford          1979-08-10    CAL  SEA L  6-8   7  7  3  5  2  1  1   12     2  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd RF        
   12 Jack Brohamer     1977-09-24    CHW @SEA W  8-3   5  5  2  5  2  1  1   12     4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 7th 2B

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4 Responses to “Most Total Bases in a Cycle”

battlekow Says:
September 1st, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Interesting that no one has ever had more than one triple in a cycle.
gerry Says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:13 am
On the contrary, four people have had more than one triple in a cycle:
Jimmy Ryan, 28 July 1888
Larry Twitchell, 15 August 1889
Farmer Weaver, 12 August 1890
Hoot Evers, 7 September 1950.
Just because it hasn't happened since 1956 doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

Twitchell actually had *three* triples that day.
kingturtle Says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
has anyone ever hit a double cycle in one game? 2 of each hit? if not, who has come the closest?
gerry Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 am
I don't think anyone has come particularly close.

Johnny Burnett had 9 hits in a game - 7 singles & 2 doubles. No one else has had as many as 8 hits in a game. A few guys have had 7, but with no home runs. On 24 June 1901, Mike Donlin had 2 singles, 2 doubles, and 2 triples. That's maybe the closest anyone has ever come.

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