Prior to April 16th, 1989 no Toronto Blue Jays player had ever hit for the cycle in franchise history. That was until Kelly Gruber and company faced off against the Kansas City Royals in front of 35,210 fans at Exhibition Stadium.
Gruber was hitting second and got the day off to a good start with a solo home run off Floyd Bannister in the bottom of the first inning. The Jays were already down 6-0 as Dave Stieb didn’t make it out of the first inning and had to be replaced by David Wells.