Expert: Tom Schott - 1/19/2009

Question
James Hubert "Jim" King hit for the cycle and hit three home runs in a game. Are there any other who have accomplished the feats? Who are they?

Answer
Steve,

Sorry for the delay, but this was quite a little research project. It turns out that about 40 players in MLB history have accomplished this feat. The entire list is decidedly heavy on Hall of Fame players. Here they are:

Hank Aaron
Earl Averill
Jeff Bagwell
George Brett
Johnny Callison*
Sam Chapman*
Mikey Cochrane
Eric Davis*
Andre Dawson*
Joe DiMaggio
Larry Doby
Bobby Doerr
Damion Easley#
Jimmy Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Goose Goslin
Travis Hafner#
Todd Helton#
Babe Herman
Jim Hickman*
Tony Horton*
Jim King*
Dave Kingman*
Tony Lazzeri
Fred Lynn*
Mickey Mantle
Gary Matthews#
Johnny Mize
Paul Molitor
Don Mueller*
Stan Musial
Mel Ott
Tim Raines*
Jose Reyes#
Cal Ripkin
Frank Robinson
Alex Rodriguez#
Willie Stargell
Mark Teixeira#
Miguel Tejada#
Bill Terry
Jose Valentin*
Bill White
Brad Wilkerson#
Billy Williams
Ted Williams
Hack Wilson
Dave Winnfield
Carl Yastrzemski

* = Not in Hall of Fame
# = Active player