A look at Cubs cycles through history

MLB Photos via Getty ImagesAl Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social

Carson Kelly hit for the cycle in Monday’s game against the A’s in Sacramento. He's the first Cub to accomplish that feat in more than 31 years. One of the reasons for that is that Wrigley Field, particularly since the completion of the iconic bleacher structure in 1937, is not a good triples park. And some of the names in the all-time Cubs cycle list — Kelly is the 12th Cub to do it — are players you might not have thought of as triples-type players.

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