This day in baseball: Stealing for the cycle
Posted: July 30, 2016 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, history, Ivey Wingo, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, St. Louis Cardinals 3 CommentsOn July 30, 1913, catcher Ivey Wingo of the Cardinals stole second base, third, and home plate, as St. Louis routed Boston, 9-1. Wingo stole all three bases in the same inning, completing the cycle in the bottom of the second.
Monticello Express, 1920
I have trouble believing a catcher stole a base, let alone three in one inning. Was it during a rain delay?
Keep in mind it was 1913. Just as pitchers back then aren’t like pitchers today, I’m willing to bet the same goes for catchers 🙂
Ivy Wingo. What a name. Maybe he was dueling with the other team’s catcher?