Joe dimaggio biography hitting streak

Baseball hitting streak

During the Major League Baseball (MLB) season, New York Yankeescenter fielderJoe DiMaggio recorded at least one hit in 56 consecutive games, breaking the MLB record for the longest hitting streak.

His run lasted from May 15 to July 16, during which he had a batting average. DiMaggio's streak surpassed the single-season record of 44 consecutive games that had been held by Willie Keeler since , and the longest streak spanning multiple seasons, also accomplished by Keeler.

Joe DiMaggio - Society for American Baseball Research

The record remains held by DiMaggio and has been described as unbreakable.

Background

DiMaggio began his professional career in with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). That season, he had hits in 61 straight games, breaking the PCL record of 49 games that had been held by Jack Ness.^[1] That streak is the second-longest in the history of Minor League Baseball, behind a game streak by Joe Wilhoit, and remains a PCL r