The following is a list of notable individual streaks achieved in major league baseball. Joe dimaggios 56game hitting streak is one of the most prestigious records in all of sports. According to the official baseball rules, such a streak is not necessarily ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits. Hitting streaks of 30 or more games in the major leagues 55. The rookie records were obtained from the book the sabr baseball list. Ichiro suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking george sisler s 84yearold record for most hits in a season. Poll players, fans and media experts on what records they think will never be broken, and invariably joe dimaggios 56game hitting streak will. List of major league baseball individual streaks wikipedia. The moments not too big for him, astros catcher brian mccann said. Its fitting that the teams alltime hits leader holds the longest hitting streak in mariners franchise history. Outfielder billy hamiltons 36game hitting streak 1894. Chicago cubs september 21, 1941, through may 20, 1946. Baseball almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for batting streaks including most consecutive games with a hit, most. The twins have had some pretty good hitting streaks over the years but the longest streak of 31 games goes way back to 1980 and belongs to ken landreaux.
Joe dimaggio holds the major league baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive. The legendary 1941 hitting streak by the yankee clipper is perhaps the. Manny ramirez, derek jeter and hank bauer hold the big league record for the longest postseason hitting streak at 17 games. Royals super utility man whit merrifield, who prides himself on handling the bat in any situation, executed a perfect bunt down the thirdbase line in wednesday nights 65 loss to the mariners that not only gave him a hit, but it drove in terrance gore and tied the game at 5 merrifield now has a 31game hitting streak, passing. Barry bonds holds the most hitting records with ten, most notably the career home run and singleseason home run records. Baseball almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for batting streaks including most consecutive games with a hit, most consecutive games with a hit by type of hitter lefthander, righthander, etcetera and other interesting marks. Baseball records and baseball record books by baseball almanac. Major league baseball players with a hit in 30ormore games. List of major league baseball career records wikipedia.
The longest consecutivegames hit streak by a rookie record is held by benito. The second longest hitting streak in mlb history was the 45game hitting streak that hall of famer willie keeler put together for the baltimore orioles between the 1896 and 1897 seasons. In honor of his streak, and his name being written in the record books, we decided to take a look at the nine greatest streaks in mlb history. Run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. There have been many more 30game hitting streaks, fourstrikeout. Below is a list of every player to hit in at least 30 consecutive games. War position players offensive war defensive war batting average onbase% slugging % onbase. Among sabremetricians1a contentious lot not known for agreement about anythingwe find virtual consensus that dimaggios fiftysixgame hitting streak is the greatest accomplishment in the history of baseball, if not all modern sport. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. The longest twins hitting streaks this season belong to joe mauer with 15 gamer and a 10 gamer, trevor plouffe with a 12 gamer and justin morneau with an 11 game hitting streak. Joe dimaggio made baseball history and added to his legend when he put together a record 56game hitting streak for the yankees in 1941. Kansas city what a perfect way to enter the record books.