Hitting for the cycle is a rare occurrence and only ten Twins players can say that they have one on their resume. The only Twin to hit for the so-called natural cycle (1B, 2B, 3B, and HR in that order) was Carlos Gomez in 2008. The first Twins cycle was hit by Rod Carew in 1970 and the Minnesota Twins as you know started play back in 1961. Two Twins players hit for the cycle at Met Stadium and two Twins players hit for the cycle at the Metrodome, so far the only cycle at Target Field is by Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers.
Many players came up just a hit short, 119 came up a home run short, 288 came up a triple short, 44 players came up a double short. Twelve different Twins players had the misfortune of just missing the cycle by coming up a single short, missed it by just this much…… Eddie Rosario is in this group and he missed his last year at Target Field.
| Rk | Player | Date | Rslt | PA | AB | 1B | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Rosario | 2015-07-30 | W 9-5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Luis Rivas | 2004-08-25 | W 8-5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Corey Koskie | 2001-07-05 | W 12-2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Marty Cordova | 1999-08-28 | W 4-3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Javier Valentin | 1999-06-06 | W 13-6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Rich Becker | 1996-07-13 | L 11-19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Pat Meares | 1996-04-02 | L 6-10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Gary Gaetti | 1983-07-27 | L 9-13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Ken Landreaux | 1979-08-20 | W 10-5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Mike Cubbage | 1977-08-07 | W 11-1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | George Mitterwald | 1970-05-24 | L 5-6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Bob Allison | 1968-07-21 (2) | W 10-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |