Tre Morgan not only hit the cycle in order

OP says “in order”. Lansing did not hit for the cycle in order in 4 innings.

Quantify that bet a bit more, dude.

I didn’t say what I said as a shot at the OP or at Morgan.
I love baseball stats. There’s been probably close to half a million games played in the history of the sport between mlb and college.
There’s a lot more crazy stats in college than the mlb b/c of the disparity in talent, which is why I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s happened in something crazy like 2-3 innings.

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Well it's only been done 14 times in MLB history. If we expand that to NCAA, the amount of teams and disparity between talent that can happen I'm sure it has offered opportunities to have happened before but that's a tall order. Generally when teams are outmatched you get guys that just tee off all the time. I remember a game against Tulane where Schimpf and Dean went back to back homers twice in the same inning where we run ruled them. A natural cycle is just so hard to accomplish in itself let alone in 6 innings that I wouldn't be surprised.

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It’s not just talent disparity, if they were playing a little league team they would just crush triples and homers all day. You have to also hit a single and a double. The triple is also one if the hardest hit type because it requires you to hit to the perfect spot and for the defender to not be too fast not mess up so much that he turns it into a fielding error. If he does then you might only be awarded a double and your cycle is screwed.

Hitting a natural cycle involves an incredible amount of luck.

Also I have heard people call it ‘cycle in order’ but I’ve always called it a ‘natural cycle’. Is there a difference?

In my very limited baseball career, I was more likely to go for the out cycle: strike out, ground out, pop out, fly out, line out, thrown out, tagged out, called out, knocked out...

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I’d be willing to bet it’s been done before in 2 innings. There’s been a lot of baseball games played in this country.

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I played in a game once where the same player made all 3 outs in one inning.

I’m not talking about a defensive player, I’m talking about a batter.

Wow

I feel like the “in order” part is a little overblown. Getting 4 hits in a game much less hitting for the cycle is a hell of an accomplishment. The order is more luck than anything. The 4 hits is the skill part.

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I feel like the “in order” part is a little overblown. Getting 4 hits in a game much less hitting for the cycle is a hell of an accomplishment. The order is more luck than anything. The 4 hits is the skill part.

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This is true. Given that a player will hit for the cycle, the chances of hitting them in “natural” order can be calculated by multiplying three numbers:
1. The chances the first will be a single is 1 of 4
2. The chances the second will be a double are 1 of 3.
3. The chances the third will be a triple are 1 of 2.
4. The chances the last will be a HR are 100% and can be neglected.

1/4 * 1/3 * 1/2 = 1/24

There have been 339 “cycles” in mlb. If you divide 339 by 24 you get 14.125. I think I read on here that there have been 14 natural cycles in mlb, so just what you would expect.

The odds discussed above neglect the possibility of 5 ABs with a walk, hbp or out happening in ABs 2, 3, or 4.

It should be just as rare that the player hits them in the order: 2b, 1b, HR, 3b.