joe dimaggio had the longest hitting streak in mlb history.
joe dimaggio had the longest hitting streak in mlb history.
who had the longest hitting streak in mlb history?
joe dimaggio
bullet::::- high class-a lynchburg hillcats catcher francisco mejía halted his hitting streak at 50 games. a day after a controversial scoring change enabled mejía to tie for the fourth-longest run in minor league history, the cleveland indians no. 3 prospect went 0-for-3 with a walk and an rbi in a 6–0 shutout over the winston-salem dash (cws) at calvin falwell field. it is the longest hitting streak since the minor leagues reclassified in 1963, and it's the longest by any player at any level since román mejías hit safely in 55 straight games for the class-b waco pirates in 1954. joe wilhoit holds the record with 69 games (1919) and joe dimaggio is second with 55 games (1933).
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during the 2011 season with the braves, uggla became the 23rd player in mlb history to have a hitting streak of at least 33 games. uggla, who had gotten off to a poor start, had a .173 batting average after going hitless on july 4. the next day, he collected two hits in four at bats to start the streak. during the hitting streak, uggla along with rookie freddie freeman became the first braves in the modern era to have concurrent 20-game hitting streaks. on august 12, uggla hit two home runs in a home game against the chicago cubs to break the atlanta braves record for longest hitting streak, which had been set by rico carty in 1970. he also hit a single and a home run in the next game, extending the streak to 33 games. the streak ended on august 14, 2011, after he went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice fly against the chicago cubs.
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