The cycle itself is semi-rare in MLB, having occurred 330 times since Curry Foley in 1882. The cycle is almost as frequent as a no-hitter in terms of frequency; Baseball Digest deems it "one of baseball's rarest performances." A batter who hits for the cycle is said to have "cycled" through the lineup. A few batters include multiple cycles in their careers. George Brett has cycled more than any other player (13 times); his most recent cycle came in 2004 while playing for the Kansas City Royals. Joe DiMaggio is second with 12 cycles; he achieved the feat from 1937 to 1941 while playing for the New York Yankees. Both men are part of an exclusive group of people who have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame after only playing one sport: George Brett and Tony Gwynn are the only others. Bobby Thomson of the Brooklyn Dodgers is considered by many to be the greatest hitter never to win the MVP Award. He hit for the cycle on October 3, 1951, when he was called up from the minor leagues to replace an injured Jackie Robinson. That year, however, the award went to Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants - perhaps most notably because of his role in bringing home the first World Series championship in N.L. history.