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{{Short description|Number of consecutive games a baseball player gets at least one base hit}} |
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[[File:1939 Playball Joe Dimaggio (minus halftone).jpg|right|thumb|[[Joe DiMaggio]]'s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is the longest in [[Major League Baseball]] history.]] |
[[File:1939 Playball Joe Dimaggio (minus halftone).jpg|right|thumb|[[Joe DiMaggio]]'s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is the longest in [[Major League Baseball]] history.]] |
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In [[baseball]], a '''hitting streak''' is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one [[hit (baseball)|base hit]]. 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. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a [[sacrifice fly]] and no hit.<ref>{{ |
In [[baseball]], a '''hitting streak''' is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one [[hit (baseball)|base hit]]. 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. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a [[sacrifice fly]] and no hit.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2007/10_the_official_scorer.pdf | title=Official Rules: 10.00 The Official Scorer, Rule 10.23(b) | publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] | access-date=April 15, 2020 | archive-date=November 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127013926/http://www.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2007/10_the_official_scorer.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[Joe DiMaggio]] holds the [[Major League Baseball]] record with a [[Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak|streak of 56 consecutive games]] in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio [[Batting average (baseball)|hit]] .408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 [[home run]]s and 55 [[runs batted in]].<ref>{{ |
[[Joe DiMaggio]] holds the [[Major League Baseball]] record with a [[Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak|streak of 56 consecutive games]] in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio [[Batting average (baseball)|hit]] .408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 [[home run]]s and 55 [[runs batted in]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats3.shtml | title=Joe DiMaggio Hitting Streak by Baseball Almanac | work=[[Baseball Almanac]] | access-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> |
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[[Ketel Marte]] of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] holds the Major League Baseball postseason record with a streak of 20 consecutive games, with the streak beginning in his first playoff game appearance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=D-backs' Ketel Marte hits in record 18th straight postseason game |date=29 October 2023 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38768442/d-backs-ketel-marte-hits-record-18th-straight-postseason-game}}</ref> The streak began in 2017 on October 14 and was broken up in Game 5 of the [[2023 World Series]] on November 1st, striking out as the final batter for Arizona as the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] won the series. Marte hit .352 during his streak (31-for-88), with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ketel Marte Postseason Batting Game Log |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=marteke01&t=b&year=0&post=1}}</ref> |
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==Major League Baseball records== |
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==Major League Baseball== |
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===Regular season leaders=== |
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{{see also|List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable}} |
{{see also|List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable}} |
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There have been 55 occurrences in [[Major League Baseball]] where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats-streak.shtml|title=Consecutive Games Hitting Streaks: 30+ Game Hitting Streaks in Baseball|website=www.baseball-almanac.com}}</ref> Multiple streaks in the same season have occurred in 1922 ([[George Sisler]] and [[Rogers Hornsby]]), 1987 ([[Paul Molitor]] and [[Benito Santiago]]), 1997 ([[Nomar Garciaparra]] and [[Sandy Alomar |
There have been 55 occurrences in [[Major League Baseball]] where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats-streak.shtml|title=Consecutive Games Hitting Streaks: 30+ Game Hitting Streaks in Baseball|website=www.baseball-almanac.com}}</ref> Multiple streaks in the same season have occurred in 1922 ([[George Sisler]] and [[Rogers Hornsby]]), 1987 ([[Paul Molitor]] and [[Benito Santiago]]), 1997 ([[Nomar Garciaparra]] and [[Sandy Alomar Jr.]]), 1999 ([[Vladimir Guerrero]] and [[Luis Gonzalez (outfielder, born 1967)|Luis Gonzalez]]), 2006 ([[Chase Utley]] and [[Willy Taveras]]), and 2011 ([[Andre Ethier]] and [[Dan Uggla]]). In addition, 1924 included one whole streak ([[Sam Rice]]) and the beginning of another ([[George Sisler]]). A similar event occurred in 2006 with two whole streaks ([[Chase Utley|Utley]] and [[Willy Taveras|Taveras]]) and the end of another ([[Jimmy Rollins]]). |
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|1999 |
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|[[Whit Merrifield]] |
|[[Whit Merrifield]] |
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|[[Kansas City Royals]] |
|[[Kansas City Royals]] |
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|31 (11) |
|31 (11) |
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|2018–19 |
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|2018-19 |
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|[[Sandy Alomar Jr.]] |
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|[[Cleveland Indians]] |
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Keeler's streak started in his final game of the 1896 season, and continued through the first 44 games of the 1897 season. Rollins ended the 2005 season with a 36-game streak and extended it through the first two games of the 2006 season. Sisler had a hit in the last game of 1924 and the first 34 games of 1925. Major League Baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: Longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. Rollins 2005–2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2178924|title=Phillies' Rollins extends streak to 36 games|date=2 October 2005|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Keeler's, Sisler's, and Rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing ''single-season'' streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing ''multiple-season'' streaks. |
Keeler's streak started in his final game of the 1896 season, and continued through the first 44 games of the 1897 season. Rollins ended the 2005 season with a 36-game streak and extended it through the first two games of the 2006 season. Sisler had a hit in the last game of 1924 and the first 34 games of 1925. Major League Baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: Longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. Rollins 2005–2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2178924|title=Phillies' Rollins extends streak to 36 games|date=2 October 2005|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Keeler's, Sisler's, and Rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing ''single-season'' streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing ''multiple-season'' streaks. |
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This list omits [[Denny Lyons]] of the 1887 [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] [[Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)|Philadelphia Athletics]], who had a 52-game hitting streak.<ref>{{ |
This list omits [[Denny Lyons]] of the 1887 [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] [[Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)|Philadelphia Athletics]], who had a 52-game hitting streak.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hitting Streaks, 30 Games or More | access-date=August 7, 2011| url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/stats/lists_feats/30game_hit_streaks.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20060409094305/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/stats/lists_feats/30game_hit_streaks.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 9, 2006 }}</ref> In [[1887 in baseball|1887]], the major leagues adopted a new rule which counted [[base on balls|walks]] as hits, a rule which was dropped after that season. Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In [[1968 in baseball|1968]], MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000 Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision, ruling that the statistics which were recognized in each year's official records should stand, even in cases where they were later proven incorrect. Paradoxically, the ruling affects only hit ''totals'' for the year; the batting champion for the year is not recognized as the all-time leader despite having the highest single-season average under the ruling, and Lyons' hitting streak is not recognized. |
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Ty Cobb, Sam Rice, and George Sisler are the only players with multiple streaks of 30 games or longer. |
Ty Cobb, Sam Rice, and George Sisler are the only players with multiple streaks of 30 games or longer. |
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There have been 129 single-season streaks of 25 games or more. The lowest [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] ever recorded during a hitting streak of 25 games or more was .304 by [[Bruce Campbell (baseball)|Bruce Campbell]] in [[1938 in baseball|1938]]. The highest was .486 during [[Chuck Klein]]'s streak in [[1930 in baseball|1930]]. Joe DiMaggio hit .408 during his record-holding 56 |
There have been 129 single-season streaks of 25 games or more. The lowest [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] ever recorded during a hitting streak of 25 games or more was .304 by [[Bruce Campbell (baseball)|Bruce Campbell]] in [[1938 in baseball|1938]]. The highest was .486 during [[Chuck Klein]]'s streak in [[1930 in baseball|1930]]. Joe DiMaggio hit .408 during his record-holding 56-game streak.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/sports/baseball/for-the-braves-uggla-luck-is-not-a-statistic.html|title=For the Braves' Uggla, Luck Is Not a Statistic|first=Rob|last=Neyer|work=The New York Times |date=6 August 2011|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> 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 56 games in a season. If there are about four such seasons per year in the future, such a streak would be expected, assuming the Bernoulli trials model, every 1/(.0003 x 4) = 833 years."<ref>C.M. Grinstead, W.P. Peterson & [[J. Laurie Snell]] (2011) ''Probability Tales'', page 37, [[American Mathematical Society]] {{ISBN|978-0-8218-5261-3}}</ref> |
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===Postseason leaders=== |
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==Major League Baseball records by franchise== |
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====Key==== |
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| colspan="5" | Active Hitting Streak |
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| style="background:#dfd; text-align:center;"| † |
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| colspan="5" | Active Player during 2023 MLB Season |
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| style="background:#d0e7ff; text-align:center;"| ‡ |
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| colspan="5" | [[List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame|Member of Baseball Hall of Fame]] |
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''Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Postseason Hitting Streaks |website=[[Associated Press News]] |date=29 October 2023 |url=https://apnews.com/postseason-hitting-streaks-766fe46d9faab5e553f3e5adea84fe06}}</ref> |
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!Player |
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!Team(s) |
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!Games |
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!Year(s) |
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|<span style="display:none">0</span>1 |
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|[[Ketel Marte]]† |
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|[[Arizona Diamondbacks]] |
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|20 |
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|2017–2023 |
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| rowspan="3" |<span style="display:none">0</span>2 |
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|[[Hank Bauer]] |
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|[[New York Yankees]] |
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| rowspan="3" |17 |
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|1956–1958 |
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|-style="background:#d0e7ff; |
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|[[Derek Jeter]]‡ |
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|New York Yankees |
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|2003–2004 |
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|[[Manny Ramirez]] |
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|[[Boston Red Sox]] |
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|2003–2004 |
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| rowspan="2" |<span style="display:none">0</span>5 |
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|[[Pat Borders]] |
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|[[Toronto Blue Jays]] |
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| rowspan="2" |16 |
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|1991–1993 |
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|-style="background:#dfd; |
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|[[Michael Brantley]]† |
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|[[Houston Astros]] |
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|2020–2021 |
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| rowspan="3" |<span style="display:none">0</span>7 |
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|[[Alcides Escobar]] |
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|[[Kansas City Royals]] |
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| rowspan="3" |15 |
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|2015 |
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|[[Marquis Grissom]] |
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|[[Atlanta Braves]] |
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|1995–1996 |
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|-style="background:#d0e7ff; |
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|[[Rickey Henderson]]‡ |
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|[[Oakland Athletics]] |
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|1989–1990 |
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===Major League Baseball records by franchise=== |
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Only currently extant franchises are included on this list. Where a player had a significant streak while the team was in other than its current city, the records in these other cities are displayed. As above, for a multi-year streak, the single-season streak is shown in parentheses.<ref>http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitting_streaks.xls Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com, http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitstreaks.html . The article and research are dated June 2009; retrieved March 8, 2012.</ref> |
Only currently extant franchises are included on this list. Where a player had a significant streak while the team was in other than its current city, the records in these other cities are displayed. As above, for a multi-year streak, the single-season streak is shown in parentheses.<ref>http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitting_streaks.xls Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com, http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitstreaks.html . The article and research are dated June 2009; retrieved March 8, 2012.</ref> |
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|[[Arizona Diamondbacks]] |
|[[Arizona Diamondbacks]] |
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|1978 |
|1978 |
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|[[Cleveland |
|[[Cleveland Guardians]] |
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|[[Napoleon Lajoie]] (Cleveland Naps) |
|[[Napoleon Lajoie]] (Cleveland Naps) |
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|31 |
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|[[Whit Merrifield]] |
|[[Whit Merrifield]] |
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|31 |
|31 |
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|2018-19 |
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|[[Los Angeles Angels |
|[[Los Angeles Angels]] |
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|[[Garret Anderson]] |
|[[Garret Anderson]] |
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|28 |
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|[[Tampa Bay Rays]] |
|[[Tampa Bay Rays]] |
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|[[Yandy Díaz]] |
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|[[Jason Bartlett (baseball)|Jason Bartlett]] |
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|20 |
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|2024 |
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|2009 |
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|[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] |
|[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] |
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==Minor League Baseball |
==Minor League Baseball leaders== |
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The longest streaks in the history of [[Minor League Baseball]] and other [[professional baseball]] leagues:<ref> |
The longest streaks in the history of [[Minor League Baseball]] and other [[professional baseball]] leagues:<ref>{{cite web|last=Peng |first=Michael |url=http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160814&content_id=195598380&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb |title=Mejia's run ends while Bradley's rolls on |publisher=MiLB.com |date=2016-08-14 |accessdate=2022-05-08}}</ref> |
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|[[Harry Chozen]] |
|[[Harry Chozen]] |
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|[[Southern Association|Southern League]] |
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|49 |
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|1945 |
|1945 |
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|[[Johnny Bates (baseball)|Johnny Bates]] |
|[[Johnny Bates (baseball)|Johnny Bates]] |
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|[[Southern Association|Southern League]] |
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|46 |
|46 |
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|[[Hubert Mason]] |
|[[Hubert Mason]] |
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|[[Eastern League (1916)|Eastern League]] |
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|38 |
|38 |
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|1925 |
|1925 |
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|[[Paul Owens (baseball)|Paul Owens]] |
|[[Paul Owens (baseball)|Paul Owens]] |
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|[[PONY League]] |
|[[Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League|PONY League]] |
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|38 |
|38 |
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|1951 |
|1951 |
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|35 |
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|[[Greg Tubbs]] |
|[[Greg Tubbs]] |
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|[[Southern League ( |
|[[Southern League (1964–2020)|Southern League]] |
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|33 |
|33 |
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|1987 |
|1987 |
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|[[Jim Reboulet]] |
|[[Jim Reboulet]] |
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|[[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]] |
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|32 |
|32 |
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|1986 |
|1986 |
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|Jeremy Carr |
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|[[Texas League]] |
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|31 |
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|[[Pedro Guerrero (baseball)|Pedro Guerrero]] |
|[[Pedro Guerrero (baseball, born 1956)|Pedro Guerrero]] |
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|[[Pacific Coast League]] |
|[[Pacific Coast League]] |
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|31 |
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DiMaggio set the Minor League record as a member of the [[San Francisco Seals (baseball)|San Francisco Seals]]. Unrecognized by Minor League Baseball is the 69 game hitting streak by [[Joe Wilhoit]] in 1919. Wilhoit was in the independent [[Western League (1900–1958)|Western League]] at the time and his record is considered the all-time Professional Baseball record.<ref name="website">{{cite news | title=Joe Wilhoit and Ken Guettler: Minor league hitting record-setters| author=Bob Rives| publisher=The Baseball Research Journal|date=January 2000| pages=121–125| url=http://research.sabr.org/journals/files/SABR-Baseball_Research_Journal-29.pdf}}</ref> |
DiMaggio set the Minor League record as a member of the [[San Francisco Seals (baseball)|San Francisco Seals]]. Unrecognized by Minor League Baseball is the 69 game hitting streak by [[Joe Wilhoit]] in 1919. Wilhoit was in the independent [[Western League (1900–1958)|Western League]] at the time and his record is considered the all-time Professional Baseball record.<ref name="website">{{cite news | title=Joe Wilhoit and Ken Guettler: Minor league hitting record-setters| author=Bob Rives| publisher=The Baseball Research Journal|date=January 2000| pages=121–125| url=http://research.sabr.org/journals/files/SABR-Baseball_Research_Journal-29.pdf}}</ref> |
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==College Baseball |
==College Baseball leaders== |
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!Classification |
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!Games |
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Classification |
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!Year(s) |
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Games |
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|[[Damian Costantino]] |
|[[Damian Costantino]] |
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|1987 |
|1987 |
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|[[Kevin Pillar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gotoros.com/news/2010/5/1/BB_0501100957.aspx?path=baseball|title=Kevin Pillar Makes NCAA Division II History With 50 Game Hit Streak as Toros Sweep Doubleheader |
|[[Kevin Pillar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gotoros.com/news/2010/5/1/BB_0501100957.aspx?path=baseball|title=Kevin Pillar Makes NCAA Division II History With 50 Game Hit Streak as Toros Sweep Doubleheader – Cal State Dominguez Hills|website=gotoros.com|date=May 2010 }}</ref> |
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|[[California State University, Dominguez Hills|Cal State Dominguez Hills]] |
|[[California State University, Dominguez Hills|Cal State Dominguez Hills]] |
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|NCAA Division II |
|NCAA Division II |
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==College Softball |
==College Softball leaders== |
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!Classification |
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!Games |
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Classification |
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!Year(s) |
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Games |
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|[[Rebeca Laudino]] |
|[[Rebeca Laudino]] |
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|NCAA Division II |
|NCAA Division II |
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|44 |
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|2003–04 |
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|2003-04 |
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|[[Jocelyn Alo]] |
|[[Jocelyn Alo]] |
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|NCAA Division I |
|NCAA Division I |
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|40 |
|40 |
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|2020–2021 |
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|2020-2021 |
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|[[Kerstein McVicker]] |
|[[Kerstein McVicker]] |
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In baseball, a hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit. 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. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit.[1]
Joe DiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit .408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in.[2]
Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks holds the Major League Baseball postseason record with a streak of 20 consecutive games, with the streak beginning in his first playoff game appearance.[3] The streak began in 2017 on October 14 and was broken up in Game 5 of the 2023 World Series on November 1st, striking out as the final batter for Arizona as the Texas Rangers won the series. Marte hit .352 during his streak (31-for-88), with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in.[4]
Major League Baseball
[edit]Regular season leaders
[edit]There have been 55 occurrences in Major League Baseball where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games.[5] Multiple streaks in the same season have occurred in 1922 (George Sisler and Rogers Hornsby), 1987 (Paul Molitor and Benito Santiago), 1997 (Nomar Garciaparra and Sandy Alomar Jr.), 1999 (Vladimir Guerrero and Luis Gonzalez), 2006 (Chase Utley and Willy Taveras), and 2011 (Andre Ethier and Dan Uggla). In addition, 1924 included one whole streak (Sam Rice) and the beginning of another (George Sisler). A similar event occurred in 2006 with two whole streaks (Utley and Taveras) and the end of another (Jimmy Rollins).
Keeler's streak started in his final game of the 1896 season, and continued through the first 44 games of the 1897 season. Rollins ended the 2005 season with a 36-game streak and extended it through the first two games of the 2006 season. Sisler had a hit in the last game of 1924 and the first 34 games of 1925. Major League Baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: Longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. Rollins 2005–2006).[6] Keeler's, Sisler's, and Rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing single-season streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing multiple-season streaks.
This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak.[7] In 1887, the major leagues adopted a new rule which counted walks as hits, a rule which was dropped after that season. Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000 Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision, ruling that the statistics which were recognized in each year's official records should stand, even in cases where they were later proven incorrect. Paradoxically, the ruling affects only hit totals for the year; the batting champion for the year is not recognized as the all-time leader despite having the highest single-season average under the ruling, and Lyons' hitting streak is not recognized.
Ty Cobb, Sam Rice, and George Sisler are the only players with multiple streaks of 30 games or longer.
There have been 129 single-season streaks of 25 games or more. The lowest batting average ever recorded during a hitting streak of 25 games or more was .304 by Bruce Campbell in 1938. The highest was .486 during Chuck Klein's streak in 1930. 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 56 games in a season. If there are about four such seasons per year in the future, such a streak would be expected, assuming the Bernoulli trials model, every 1/(.0003 x 4) = 833 years."[9]
Postseason leaders
[edit]Key
[edit]* | Active Hitting Streak | ||||
† | Active Player during 2023 MLB Season | ||||
‡ | Member of Baseball Hall of Fame |
Source:[10]
Rank | Player | Team(s) | Games | Year(s) |
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1 | Ketel Marte† | Arizona Diamondbacks | 20 | 2017–2023 |
2 | Hank Bauer | New York Yankees | 17 | 1956–1958 |
Derek Jeter‡ | New York Yankees | 2003–2004 | ||
Manny Ramirez | Boston Red Sox | 2003–2004 | ||
5 | Pat Borders | Toronto Blue Jays | 16 | 1991–1993 |
Michael Brantley† | Houston Astros | 2020–2021 | ||
7 | Alcides Escobar | Kansas City Royals | 15 | 2015 |
Marquis Grissom | Atlanta Braves | 1995–1996 | ||
Rickey Henderson‡ | Oakland Athletics | 1989–1990 |
Major League Baseball records by franchise
[edit]Only currently extant franchises are included on this list. Where a player had a significant streak while the team was in other than its current city, the records in these other cities are displayed. As above, for a multi-year streak, the single-season streak is shown in parentheses.[11]
Minor League Baseball leaders
[edit]The longest streaks in the history of Minor League Baseball and other professional baseball leagues:[12]
DiMaggio set the Minor League record as a member of the San Francisco Seals. Unrecognized by Minor League Baseball is the 69 game hitting streak by Joe Wilhoit in 1919. Wilhoit was in the independent Western League at the time and his record is considered the all-time Professional Baseball record.[13]
College Baseball leaders
[edit]Player | Team | Classification | Games | Year(s) |
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Damian Costantino | Salve Regina | NCAA Division III | 60 | 2001–03 |
Robin Ventura | Oklahoma State | NCAA Division I | 58 | 1987 |
Kevin Pillar[14] | Cal State Dominguez Hills | NCAA Division II | 54 | 2010 |
Tommy Stewart | Southern Arkansas | NAIA | 54 | 1995 |
College Softball leaders
[edit]Player | Team | Classification | Games | Year(s) |
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Rebeca Laudino | Florida Southwestern State College | NJCAA | 48 | 2019 |
Sara Graziano | Coastal Carolina | NCAA Division I | 43 | 1993–94 |
Heather Bortz | Moravian | NCAA Division II | 44 | 2003–04 |
Jocelyn Alo | Oklahoma Sooners | NCAA Division I | 40 | 2020–2021 |
Kerstein McVicker | Hampton | NCAA Division III | 35 | 1991 |
Robin Martz | Lewis | NCAA Division II | 35 | 2004 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Official Rules: 10.00 The Official Scorer, Rule 10.23(b)" (PDF). Major League Baseball. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "Joe DiMaggio Hitting Streak by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "D-backs' Ketel Marte hits in record 18th straight postseason game". 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Ketel Marte Postseason Batting Game Log".
- ^ "Consecutive Games Hitting Streaks: 30+ Game Hitting Streaks in Baseball". www.baseball-almanac.com.
- ^ "Phillies' Rollins extends streak to 36 games". ESPN.com. 2 October 2005.
- ^ "Hitting Streaks, 30 Games or More". Archived from the original on April 9, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Neyer, Rob (6 August 2011). "For the Braves' Uggla, Luck Is Not a Statistic". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ C.M. Grinstead, W.P. Peterson & J. Laurie Snell (2011) Probability Tales, page 37, American Mathematical Society ISBN 978-0-8218-5261-3
- ^ "Postseason Hitting Streaks". Associated Press News. 29 October 2023.
- ^ http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitting_streaks.xls Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com, http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitstreaks.html . The article and research are dated June 2009; retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ Peng, Michael (2016-08-14). "Mejia's run ends while Bradley's rolls on". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ Bob Rives (January 2000). "Joe Wilhoit and Ken Guettler: Minor league hitting record-setters" (PDF). The Baseball Research Journal. pp. 121–125.
- ^ "Kevin Pillar Makes NCAA Division II History With 50 Game Hit Streak as Toros Sweep Doubleheader – Cal State Dominguez Hills". gotoros.com. May 2010.