Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : An almost cycle very early for Justin Upton

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	76	48	.613	C1
2	New York Mets	68	57	.544	E1
3T	Arizona	64	60	.516	W1
3T	Los Angeles Dodgers	64	60	.516	W1
5	Milwaukee	72	54	.571	C2
6	St. Louis	70	57	.551	C3
7	Philadelphia	66	58	.532	E2
8	Florida	64	61	.512	E3
9	Houston	63	62	.504	C4
10	Colorado	57	69	.452	W3
11T	Pittsburgh	56	69	.448	C5
11T	Atlanta	56	69	.448	E4
13	Cincinnati	55	70	.44	C6
14	San Francisco	53	71	.427	W4
15	San Diego	48	76	.387	W5
16	Washington	44	81	.352	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	76	47	.618	W1
2	Tampa Bay	76	48	.613	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	71	53	.573	C1
4	Boston	72	53	.576	E2
5	Minnesota	70	54	.565	C2
6	New York Yankees	66	58	.532	E3
7	Toronto	64	60	.516	E4
8	Texas	62	64	.492	W2
9	Detroit	61	64	.488	C3
10	Baltimore	60	64	.484	E5
11	Oakland	57	67	.46	W3
12	Cleveland	56	67	.455	C4
13	Kansas City	55	69	.444	C5
14	Seattle	46	78	.371	W4

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An almost cycle very early for Justin Upton

2007-08-07 21:38

by Bob Timmermann

In just his fifth major league game, 19-year old Arizona outfielder Justin Upton missed hitting for the cycle, hitting for a double, triple, and homer, but grounding out to second to end the game against Matt Capps of the Pirates in Arizona's 8-3 loss to Pittsburgh.

Upton would have become the youngest player ever to hit for the cycle, which is still Mel Ott, who was 20 years old when he did it on May 16, 1929. Ott played his first major league game at age 17 on April 27, 1926.

Fred Lewis of the Giants back on May 13 became the fastest player to hit for the cycle, doing so in his 16th career game.

Going through the last 50 years, the fastest any player had a game with a double, triple, and homer in it before was 8 games by Gregg Jefferies back on August 29, 1988. Jefferies did it again in his 17th game on September 9, 1988.

Twelve players have come within a homer of the cycle in their first five games in the last 50 years. Thirty-one players have come with a triple of the cycle in their first five games in the last 50 years. Five players have missed the cycle by a double in their first five games in the last 50 years.

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Comments

2007-08-07 22:26:50

1. Ken Arneson

Barry Bonds was a triple short of a cycle tonight.

2007-08-07 22:35:19

2. Bob Timmermann

Jonny Gomes was a double short.

2007-08-08 02:00:25

3. Ken Arneson

2 Ooh, if we could find someone a homer short of a cycle, we'd have a cycle of being one hit short of a cycle.

2007-08-08 08:21:03

4. mehmattski

Melky Cabrera hit a triple, double, and single yesterday.

2007-08-08 08:36:11

5. Bob Timmermann

Woo hoo!

2007-08-08 11:11:16

6. ToyCannon

Do we call that a "Timmerman"?

2007-08-08 11:51:31

7. Bob Timmermann

6
I don't know, but yesterday may have been the first day that happened.

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