This day in baseball: Reilly hits for the cycle
Posted: September 12, 2021 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American Association, Bank Street Grounds, Baseball, Cincinnati Red Stockings, history, John Reilly, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, sports 2 CommentsAt the Bank Street Grounds on September 12, 1883, John Reilly of the Red Stockings hit for the cycle, collecting three singles, a double, a triple, and a home run in Cincinnati’s 27-5 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Alleghenys. The following week, the 24 year-old first baseman accomplished the feat once again at the same ballpark when the Red Stockings defeated the first-place Philadelphia Athletics, 12-3.
John Reilly (Library of Congress)
Gotta be the split-handed grip.
You might be on to something, there!