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Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager.He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War.
Entering the 1941 season, the major league record for the longest hitting streak in a season was held by Willie Keeler, who had hits in 44 straight National League (NL) games in 1897. Keeler also had the longest hitting streak when multiple-season runs were included; he had recorded a hit in the final game of the 1896 season before beginning ...
24 – Carl Hubbell, New York Giants – July 18, 1936 – May 27, 1937 (record set over two seasons) Consecutive games won within a single season. 19 (3 tied) Tim Keefe, New York Giants – June 23 – August 10, 1888; Rube Marquard, New York Giants – April 11 – July 3, 1912 (streak began on Opening Day)
The latest record Aaron Judge is chasing isn’t as iconic as 62 homers or 56 straight games with a hit. But maybe it should be.
The longest American League winning streak is 22, by the 2017 Cleveland Indians. The longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all three seasons) and tied by the 1998–99 Yankees.
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Left fielder Ted Williams, who played 19 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, has the highest career on-base percentage, .4817, in MLB history. [4] Williams led the American League (AL) in on-base percentage in twelve seasons, the most such seasons for any player in the major leagues. [4] [5] Barry Bonds led the National League (NL) in ten seasons ...
Joe DiMaggio hit .408 during his record-holding 56-game streak. [8] In probability theory, every baseball game is a Bernoulli trial in which a hitter either does or does not get a hit. DiMaggio's streak of 56 consecutive games with hits awaits an equal streak: "The probability is .0003 that a .350 hitter will have a hitting streak of at least ...