# @baseball_tings on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdEkxZLiTrK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/80524990-baseball-tings-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-09T15:29:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Baseball_tings ⚾️ (@baseball_tings) — https://gondola.cc/baseball_tings

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Hitting for the cycle is one of the rarest individual accomplishments in baseball, requiring a player to record a single, double, triple, and home run all in the same game. What makes it so difficult is that a hitter needs a combination of nearly everything—power to hit the home run, enough speed to stretch a ball into a triple, consistent contact to collect four different types of hits, and usually at least four or five opportunities at the plate. MLB records show just how uncommon it is: according to the Elias Sports Bureau, there have been only 354 cycles in MLB history, including the postseason, despite well over a century of games being played.  Even more impressive is a natural cycle, where the hitter records the single, double, triple, and home run in that exact order. Baseball Reference notes that hitting for the cycle is roughly comparable to throwing a no-hitter in terms of rarity, which is why simply getting within one hit—especially needing the notoriously difficult triple—can create so much excitement late in a game. 

#mlb #baseball #cycle #hits #baseballseason

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