Hitting streak


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.
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, with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in.
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. 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, with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in.

Major League Baseball

Regular season leaders

There have been 57 occurrences in Major League Baseball where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games. Multiple streaks in the same season have occurred in 1922, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2006, and 2011. In addition, 1924 included one whole streak and the beginning of another. A similar event occurred in 2006 with two whole streaks and the end of another.
#PlayerTeamGamesYear
1New York Yankees561941
2Baltimore Orioles45 1896–97
3Cincinnati Reds441978
4Chicago Colts421894
5St. Louis Browns411922
6Detroit Tigers401911
7Milwaukee Brewers391987
8Philadelphia Phillies38 2005–06
9Boston Braves371945
10Washington Senators361896–97
11Louisville Colonels351895
Detroit Tigers351917
St. Louis Browns35 1924–25
Florida Marlins352002
Philadelphia Phillies352006
16St. Louis Browns341938
Boston Red Sox341949
San Diego Padres341987
19New York Giants331893
New York Highlanders331907
St. Louis Cardinals331922
Washington Senators331933
Atlanta Braves332011
24Detroit Tigers321922–23
Cincinnati Reds321996–97
26Louisville Colonels311885–86
Philadelphia Phillies311899
Cleveland Naps311906
Washington Senators311924
Cincinnati Reds311965–66
Los Angeles Dodgers311969
Atlanta Braves311970
Detroit Tigers31 1975–76
Minnesota Twins311980
Montreal Expos311999
Kansas City Royals31 2018–19
37Chicago White Stockings301876
Cincinnati Reds301895–96
Cincinnati Reds301898
Boston Red Sox301912
Pittsburgh Pirates301922–23
Boston Braves301927–28
Washington Senators301929–30
Detroit Tigers301934
St. Louis Cardinals301950
Kansas City Royals301980
Chicago Cubs301989
Cleveland Indians301997
Boston Red Sox301997
Baltimore Orioles301998
Arizona Diamondbacks301999
St. Louis Cardinals302003
Houston Astros302006
New York Mets302007
Washington Nationals302009
Los Angeles Dodgers302011
Atlanta Braves302016

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. 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. 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 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. 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/ = 833 years."

Postseason leaders

Key

Source:
#PlayerTeamGamesYear
1†Arizona Diamondbacks202017–2023
2New York Yankees171956–1958
‡New York Yankees172003–2004
Boston Red Sox172003–2004
5Toronto Blue Jays161991–1993
†Houston Astros162020–2021
7Kansas City Royals152015
Atlanta Braves151995–1996
‡Oakland Athletics151989–1990
10‡Pittsburgh Pirates141960, 1971

Major League Baseball records by franchise

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.
TeamPlayerGamesYear
Arizona DiamondbacksLuis Gonzalez301999
Atlanta BravesTommy Holmes 371945
Dan Uggla 332011
Hank Aaron 251956
Baltimore OriolesGeorge Sisler 411922
Eric Davis 301998
Boston Red SoxDom DiMaggio341949
Chicago CubsBill Dahlen 421894
Chicago White SoxCarlos Lee282004
Cincinnati RedsPete Rose441978
Cleveland GuardiansNapoleon Lajoie 311906
Colorado RockiesNolan Arenado282014
Detroit TigersTy Cobb401911
Houston AstrosWilly Taveras302006
Kansas City RoyalsWhit Merrifield312018–19
Los Angeles AngelsGarret Anderson281998
Los Angeles DodgersWillie Davis 311969
Zack Wheat 291916
Miami MarlinsLuis Castillo 352002
Milwaukee BrewersPaul Molitor 391987
Tommy Davis 181969
Minnesota TwinsHeinie Manush 331933
Ken Landreaux 311980
New York MetsMoisés Alou302007
New York YankeesJoe DiMaggio561941
Oakland AthleticsBill Lamar 291925
Jason Giambi 251997
Héctor López 221957
Vic Power 221958
Philadelphia PhilliesJimmy Rollins38 2005–06
Pittsburgh PiratesJimmy Williams271899
San Diego PadresBenito Santiago341987
San Francisco GiantsGeorge Davis 331893
Jack Clark 261978
Seattle MarinersIchiro Suzuki272009
St. Louis CardinalsRogers Hornsby331922
Tampa Bay RaysYandy Díaz202024
Texas RangersGabe Kapler 282000
Ken McMullen 191967
Toronto Blue JaysShawn Green281999
Washington NationalsVladimir Guerrero 311999
Ryan Zimmerman 302009