Players with hitting streaks of 30 or more games

Baseball Digest, August, 2008

Players With Hitting Streaks of 30 or More Games

THROUGH THE 2007 SEASON, THERE HAVE BEEN 43 HITTING STREAKS THAT
REACHED 30 CONSECUTIVE GAMES ACCOMPLISHED BY 41 different players
--only Ty Cobb and George Sisler had two skeins of 30 or more games.
It should be noted that some streaks occurred prior to 1900 when the
game was governed by different rules For example, in 1896-97 when
Willie Keeler put together a 45 game hitting streak, batters were not
charged with a strike for hitting a foul ball. Below is a chart of all
major league players who have put together a 30-game hitting streak.

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  Year    Player, Team                Streak   Dates

   1941   Joe DiMaggio, Yankees         56     May 15-July 16
1896-97   Willie Keeler, Baltimore      45     Sept. 26, 1896-
                                               June 18, 1897
   1978   Pete Rose, Reds               44     June 14-July 31
   1894   Bill Dahlen, Cubs             42     June 20-Aug. 6
   1922   George Sister, Browns         41     July 17-Sept. 17
   1911   Ty Cobb, Tigers               40     May 15-July 2
   1987   Paul Molitor, Brewers         39     July 16-Aug. 25
2005-06   Jimmy Rollins, Phillies       38     Aug. 23, 2005-
                                               April 5, 2006
   1945   Tommy Holmes, Braves          37     June 6-July 8
   1895   Fred Clarke, Louisville       35     July 20-Aug. 30
   1917   Ty Cobb, Tigers               35     May 31-July 5
   2002   Luis Castillo, Marlins        35     May 8-June 21
   2006   Chase Utley, Phillies         35     June 23-Aug. 3
   1925   George Sister, Browns         34     April 14-May 19
   1938   George McQuinn, Browns        34     July 24-Aug. 24
   1949   Dom DiMaggio, Red Sox         34     June 29 -Aug. 9
   1987   Benito Santiago, Padres       34     Aug. 25-Oct. 2
   1893   George Davis, Giants          33     Aug. 3-Sept. 9
   1907   Hal Chase, Highlanders        33     June 24 -July 26
   1922   Rogers Hornsby, Cardinals     33     Aug. 13-Sept. 19
   1933   Heinle Manush, Senators       33     July 22-Aug. 25
   1899   Ed Delahanty, Philllies       31     July 15-Aug. 18
   1906   Nap Lajoie, Indians           31     June 4-July 4
   1924   Sam Rice, Senators            31     Aug. 23-Sept. 24
   1969   Willie Davis, Dodgers         31     Aug. 1-Sept. 3
   1970   Rico Carty, Braves            31     April 8-May 16
   1980   Ken Landreaux, Twins          31     April 23-May 30
   1999   Vladimir Guerrero, Expos      31     July 27-Aug. 26
   1876   Cal McVey, Cubs               30     June 1-Aug. 8
   1898   Elmer Smith, Reds             30     April 18-May 29
   1912   Tris Speaker, Red Sox         30     June 17-July 16
   1934   Goose Goslin, Tigers          30     May 6-June 5
   1950   Stan Musial, Cardinals        30     June 21-July 26
   1976   Ron LeFlore, Tigers           30     April 17-May 27
   1980   George Brett, Royals          30     July 18-Aug, 18
   1989   Jerome Walton, Cubs           30     July 21- Aug. 20
   1997   Sandy Alomar, Jr., Indians    30     May 24-July 6
   1997   Nomar Garciaparra, Red Sox    30     July 26-Aug. 29
   1998   Eric Davis, Orioles           30     July 12-Aug. 15
   1999   Luis Gonzalez, Diamondbacks   30     April 11- May 18
   2003   Albert Pujols, Cardinals      30     July 12-Aug. 16
   2006   Willy Taveras, Astros         30     July 27-Aug. 27
   2007   Moises Alou, Mets             30     Aug. 23-Sept. 26

DID YOU KNOW ... that the highest batting averages during a hitting streak of 30 or more games is held by Ty Cobb who hit .476 (80-for 168) during his 40-game skein in 1911? Others who approached Cobb's mark were George Brett (.467, 57-for-122 in 1980), Rogers Hornsby (.466, 68-for-146 in 1922), George Sisler (.460, 80-for-174 in 1922), Cobb (.457, 64-for 138 in 1917) and Rico Carry (.451, 51-for-113 in 1970),