It means that a single baseball player, Hits a Home Run, Triple, Double, and a Single. In one game.
Hitting for the cycle refers to when one player aquires every type of hit in one game - that being a single, double, triple, and a home run.
As of the start of the 2007 season, no MLB player has hit for the cycle in the postseason.
Yes - getting tagged out trying to stretch a hit to gain an additional base.
Actually, both occur at about the same rate. In MLB history, there have been 255 no hitters thrown and 277 batters to hit for the cycle. Click on the links below to see the pitchers that have thrown no hitters and the batters that have hit for the cycle.
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No. Derek Jeter has never hit for the cycle.
no but he did hit for the cycle in 2006 against the Texas Rangers
Ted Williams did hit a cycle on July 12, 1946. Ted hit a cycle for the Red Sox which is the team with the cycles in the American League.
if your asking if he hit for the cycle including a home run, then yes. If your asking if he hit a 1,2,3, and 4 run home run cycle, then no.
Mike Lansing on June 19, 2000, hit for the cycle in the first four (4) innings.Source: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090810&content_id=6359942&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col
Babe Ruth never hit for the cycle