Hitting streak

In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit.According to the Official Baseball Rules, such a streak is ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits. A streak shall not be terminated if the plate appearance results in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. A sacrifice fly shall terminate the streak. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/official_scorer_10.jsp The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official info: Official Rules] ]

Joe DiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with 56 consecutive games. That streak lasted from May 15 to July 17, 1941. DiMaggio hit .408 during his streak (91 for 223), with 15 home runs and 55 RBIs. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats3.shtml Joe DiMaggio Hitting Streak by Baseball Almanac] ] Under 1941 rules, if Dimaggio had only walks during a game of the streak, the streak would have been over.

Major League Baseball records

There have been 52 occurrences in Major League Baseball where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats-streak.shtml Consecutive Games Hitting Streaks ] ] 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), and 2006 (Chase Utley and Willy Taveras). 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).

College Softball records

ee also

* Batting (baseball)
* Batting average

References

External links

* [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=hitting_streaks Major League Baseball hitting streaks at mlb.com]