Through games of April 9, there have not been any MLB players hit for the cycle (a single, double, triple and home run in the same game). That’s not surprising; since the start of the 2000 season, there have been on average about four players each year hit for the cycle. In 2022, there were five players who hit for the cycle: Christian Yelich (Milwaukee), Eduardo Escobar (N.Y. Mets), Jared Walsh (L.A. Angels), Austin Hays (Baltimore) and Nolan Arenado (St. Louis).
What’s really interesting about hitting for the cycle, however, is how some teams, four to be exact, have not had one of their players hit for the cycle this century … and one franchise has never had a player hit for the cycle.
The Miami Marlins have never had one of their players hit for the cycle since the franchise started in 1993. The three other teams have had a player hit for the cycle in their history, but not in more than 30 years. The Chicago Cubs last player to hit for the cycle was in 1993 (Mark Grace); the Kansas City Royals have not had a player hit for the cycle since 1990 (George Brett), and the MLB team with the longest drought for a player hitting for the cycle are the Cincinnati Reds. The last player to hit for the cycle in a Reds’ uniform was in 1989 (Eric Davis).
Last time each MLB team had a player hit for the cycle
Here is a look at the last time each of the 30 franchises have had a player hit for the cycle in a game:
Cincinnati-1989
Kansas City-1990
Chicago Cubs-1993
Miami-Never (franchise began in 1993)
Philadelphia-2004
Detroit-2006
Oakland-2007
Seattle-2008
N.Y. Yankees-2009
San Francisco-2011
Arizona-2012
Houston-2013
Pittsburgh-2016
Chicago White Sox-2017
L.A. Dodgers-2017
Tampa Bay-2017
Texas-2017
Boston-2018
Colorado-2018
Cleveland-2019
Minnesota-2019
Toronto-2019
Washington-2021
Baltimore-2022
L.A. Angels-2022
Milwaukee-2022
N.Y. Mets-2022
St. Louis-2022
Since 1901, there have been 295 times when a player hit for the cycle. Five players have hit for the cycle three times each, most in MLB history. The five are Bob Meusel, Babe Herman, Adrian Beltre, Trea Turner and Christian Yelich.
Since 2000, there have been 93 times where a player hit for the cycle. The Texas Rangers have the most since 2000 with nine. They are followed by the Montreal/Washington franchise with seven.
Most cycles hit since 2000 in MLB
Following are the teams with at least one cycle hit by one of its players since 2000.
9-Texas
7-Montreal/Washington
6-Arizona, Colorado, Milwaukee
5-L.A. Angels
4-Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Minnesota, N.Y. Mets, Oakland
3-Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco
2-Boston, Chicago White Sox, Detroit, L.A. Dodgers, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Toronto
1-N.Y. Yankees, Philadelphia