Billy Williams becomes 5th Cub to hit for the Cycle

On July 17, 1966 At Busch Stadium The Cubs clip the Cardinals, 7 – 2, behind the pitching of Ken Holtzman and the slugging of Billy Williams, who becomes just the 5th Chicago Cub to hit for the cycles, he accomplishes the feat in the second game of a double header vs the Cardinals.

Besides the 4-for-5 hitting display, Williams scored all four times he was on base, and he drove in two runs. Williams liked hitting in the new Busch Stadium, telling reporters, “I really got started here the last time when I hit a couple of balls good.” Williams went 8-for-14 in the three-game series with St. Louis, raising his batting average to .301,

The other Cubs were, Frank Chance in 1904, Frank Schulte in 1911, Hack Wilson in 1930, Roy Smalley in 1950 and Lee Walls in 1957.

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