The Unlikely Cycle

In light of Carlos Gomez's cycle last night, i've decided to put out some other players who you would never expected to have achieved this feat...and of course, a little info about them.

1998- Neifi Perez - This amphetamine abuser had a lucky day for Colorado on July 25th of 98, but the rest of his career has not been so lucky. Stints with the Royals and Tigers both turned out badly. Even with extra illegal boost, Perez only managed 64 career home runs and a bottom basement .297 On Base %. This guy made Billy Ripkin look like Tony Gwynn

2003 and 2005- Brad Wilkerson - WHo? Somehow this hapless outfielder ended up hitting for the cycle twice. Nothing on his stat sheet points to how this could have happened, a .249 career hitter who has struck out 894 times in only 887 games, Wilkerson is pretty much pathetic. Even funnier is that 03 and 05 were very poor overall seasons, hitting .248 with 11 HRs and 57 RBIs in 05....that was enough to lose his job. Congrats Brad for the feat, but otherwise you suck.

2002- Gred Colbrunn- When i first did a player seach, MLB.com said he didnt exist. Took awhile, but i found him. Greg was around from 92-04 and won a series in 01, but never really achieved anything. He was a career backup first baseman who only played over 100 games three times. I'll give ole Greg the credit for swinging the bat though, he only walked 170 times in 992 games. If you swing that much, your bound to hit it eventually.

1998- Alex Ochoa- From 1995-2002, Ochoa played for 6 different teams. He hit a grand total of 46 home runs and had a career high of just 119 games. The guy was about as forgettable as Marcus Thames. Ochoa was last seen trying to make a roster spot with Boston, to which he failed miserably...well Alex, there will always be your potential, which the Mets are still talking about you, Bill Pulsipher and Bobby Jones being the future.

1992- Andujar Cedeno- Ok so, only baseball card collecting guru's will remember this guy. I had a ton of his cards and despite his 92 cycle, they are worth less than 5 cents. From 90-96, he only managed 98 doubles, 13 triples and 47 home runs...its really a wonder that he could do one each in a game. His career .236 batting average suggests that he shouldnt even be able to get a single off of major league pitching. Even more interesting, Cedeno wasnt even a good fielder, a measley .951 fielding % is pretty pathetic for a back-up short stop.


FUN FACTS ABOUT CYCLES:

The Rays and Marlins have never hit a cycle....big shock, right? But neither have the San Diego Padres. A team that had Tony Gwynn and Steve Garvey, you would have thought someone would have managed to pull it off, judging by the above info, maybe even Quilvio Veres?

Also, Bob Watson had cycles in consecutive years, 78 and 79 but for different teams in different leagues. 78 with the Astros and 79 with the red sox