Rose's first target was his own previous high of 25 set in , then the Cincinnati modern one-season high of 27 achieved by Edd Roush in and and by Vada Pinson in , then the modern high for switch hitters of 28 by Red Schoendienst of the St.
Louis Cardinals in , followed by the all-time Cincinnati one-season high of 30 by Elmer E. Smith in , and the switch hitter's high of 33 set by George Davis of the New York Giants in Holmes is currently employed as the Mets' Director of Community Relations.
Newspapers carried daily charts as Rose ascended the ladder till he stopped at 44, the same as Keeler. Technically, Keeler hit in 45 consecutive league games, since he got a hit in the last NL game of and the first 44 NL games of , but hitting streak records are normally figured on the basis of single-season accomplishment.
Many unique facts emerge in the study of hitting streaks. Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies had two streaks of exactly 26 games each in to be the leader that year. He hit safely in of his team's games in Willie Keeler, besides his game streak in had a separate streak later in the season of 2 or more hits in 11 consecutive games, a record he shares with Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tris Speaker of the Boston Red Sox had a game streak in overlooked at the time and 2 others in the same year of exactly 20 games, making him the only player known to have as many as 3 hitting streaks of 20 or more games in the same season.
Five games after Gordon's streak began, Buddy Hassett of the Yankees began a streak of exactly 20 games. The 2 streaks ran concurrently for the Yankees in 20 consecutive games. Another ironic element is that, in the more than 35 years since then, the Yankees have had only one subsequent streak reaching 20 games-a streak of exactly 20 by Mickey Rivers in !
Many Yankee streaks in that period reach the level, but the number "20" became a jinx. The only other known instance of two teammates with streaks of 20 or more consecutive games running concurrently was the situation on the Pittsburgh Pirates of Outfielders Paul Waner and Clyde Barnhart each had game streaks, with Barnhart's beginning 2 games after Waner's and running concurrently for 21 games.
Joe Gordon led the league with his game streak in , but Rivers, P. Waner, and Barnhart failed to lead in those particular years. Two great outfielders who were contemporaries, Edd Roush of Cincinnati NL and Sam Rice of Washington AL, each led their respective leagues in longest hitting streaks for both and Roush and Rice finished in the Writers' Hall of Fame Election in though neither was named on enough ballots to be elected; they made the Hall of Fame via the Veteran's Committee in consecutive years for Roush and for Rice.
It might be noted that two of the top streakers-DiMaggio, who is tops, and Bill Dahlen of Chicago NL who had a game streak in - each followed up with another hitting streak after being stopped on the main streak. DiMaggio, after his streak was stopped on the night of July 17, , launched another streak of 16 games to reach 72 out of Bill Dahlen, stopped on August 7, , then had a game streak to reach 70 out of It is not widely known that DiMaggio developed an ulcer condition of his stomach from the pressures of the streak, which later resulted in a medical discharge from the Army.
This condition also was the prime reason that DiMaggio did not accept any offers to manage a baseball team in later years. Economist and economic historian with an interest in population analysis and demographic methods. Especially interested in natural disasters and disruptions to economic activity and changes in population dynamics, as well as fiscal and monetary policy with forecasting implications.
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Part of the Baseball Almanac Family. Follow BaseballAlmanac Find us on Facebook. Louis AL 41 Games 6. Worth discussing is this October 2, , press release statement from Major League Baseball in respect to Jimmy Rollins thirty-six game hitting streak 8 and the removal of Billy Hamilton's thirty-six-game hitting streak in Rollins Hit Streak Reaches 36 The streak will remain active for next season, and Rollins will need a hit in 21 more games to pass Joe DiMaggio's year-old record.
Source: MLB. Phillies hitting streaks history Outfielder Billy Hamilton's game hitting streak : the Phillies learned this morning from Elias Sports Bureau that this record was eliminated a few years ago when researchers uncovered an 0-for-3 for Hamilton in a game that was protested. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Willie Keeler NL Record. Pete Rose. Bill Dahlen. George Sisler. Ty Cobb. Paul Molitor. Jimmy Rollins. Tommy Holmes. Gene DeMontreville.
Fred Clarke. Luis Castillo. Chase Utley. George McQuinn. Dom DiMaggio. Benito Santiago. George Davis. Hal Chase. Rogers Hornsby. Heinie Manush. Dan Uggla.
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