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Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is the longest in Major League Baseball history. In baseball , a hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit .
The longest hitting streak in MLB from 1946 to 1977 was accomplished by DiMaggio's brother Dom, who had a 34-game run in 1949; no other player exceeded 31 games. [5] In 1978, Pete Rose made a sustained challenge for the record, with base hits in 44 straight contests to tie Keeler's single-season mark in 1897. That is the longest streak since ...
Consecutive seasons hitting .300 or better (50 or more games) 23 – Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers – 1906–1928; ... List of Major League Baseball individual streaks.
Reynolds’ streak is the longest by a Pirate since 2003 when Kenny Lofton hit safely in 26 straight games. Jason Kendall and Aramis Ramirez had 23- and 22-game streaks respectively.
The MLB portion of Matsui's streak lasted for 519 games and is an MLB record for consecutive games to start a player's career. The entire combined streak stretched from August 22, 1993, to May 10, 2006, and was ended by a wrist injury sustained during what was his 519th consecutive game (see above ).
The fate of the Twins' longest-in-the-majors streak turned on the fate of a couple of longest-in-the-league streaks on Saturday. Willi Castro extended his career-best hitting streak to 10 straight ...
Joe DiMaggio reminds us that baseball is full of feats that are unlikely to be broken. Here's 27 that definitely will stand the test of time.
Where possible, hitting streaks that extend between seasons are broken down to show when the hits occurred. For example, Keeler's (1, 44) indicates 1 hit in 1896, and 44 in 1897. [i] This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak. [75]