On May 27, 1975, Lou Brock hit for the cycle during a 7-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Facing Dave Freisleben, Brock singled in the first inning, homered in the third, and tripled in the fifth. Brock was tagged out after he rounded third on the triple, as thoughts of an inside-the-park shot spun through his mind. Had he scored on the play the cycle would have been denied. He completed the feat with a double off of Alan Foster in the eighth. Check out the historic box score here:http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN197505270.shtml
Since 1918, the cycle has been accomplished 16 times by 15 different ballplayers who had the Birds on the Bat across their chests. Outfielder Cliff Heathcote was the first man to do it, while Ken Boyer is the only man who accomplished the feat twice in the modern era. It was accomplished four times pre 1900 by the club who would become known as the Cardinals when the club called themselves the Browns. In 1887, long before Boyer hit for his second cycle, Tip O'Neill picked up his second cycle, just eight days after he did it for the first time. Mark Grudzielanek is the last Cardinals player to hit for the cycle, which came on April 27, 2005.
Here is the complete list of men who have hit for the cycle as a member of the National League club that call St. Louis home. *Note: the club joined the National League in 1892, and before that they were a member of the American Association.
- Fred Dunlap, 5/24/1886
- Tip O'Neill, 4/30/1887
- Tip O'Neil,l 5/7/1887
- Tommy Dowd, 8/16/1895
- Cliff Heathcote, 6/13/1918
- Jim Bottomley, 7/15/1927
- Chick Hafey, 8/21/1930
- Pepper Martin, 5/5/1933
- Ducky Medwick, 6/29/35
- Johnny Mize, 7/13/1940
- Stan Musial, 7/24/1949
- Bill White, 8/14/1960
- Ken Boyer, 9/14/1961
- Ken Boyer, 6/16/1964
- Joe Torre, 6/27/1973
- Lou Brock, 5/27/1975
- Willie McGee, 6/23/1984
- Ray Lankford, 9/15/1991
- John Mabry, 5/18/1996
- Mark Grudzielanek, 4/27/2005
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