Consecutive Games Hitting Streaks

30+ Game Hitting Streaks

Rule 10.24 of the Major League Baseball Official Rule Book states the following guidelines for cumulative performance records (specifically those dealing with hitting streaks):

A consecutive hitting streak shall not be terminated if the plate appearance results in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. A sacrifice fly shall terminate the streak.

Consecutive Game Hitting Streaks: A consecutive game hitting streak shall not be terminated if all the player's plate appearances (one or more) result in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit. The player's individual consecutive game hitting streak shall be determined by the consecutive games in which the player appears and is not determined by his club's games.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a list of EVERY Major League ball player who has had at least one hit in a minimum of thirty games. Ties are broken down in chronological order to honor those who came before.

"Presented to Joe DiMaggio by his fellow players on the New York Yankees to express their admiration for his consecutive-game hitting record, 1941." - Actual Inscription on Cigar Humidor Presented to Joe DiMaggio on August 29, 1941

Hitting Streaks Players With At Least 1 Hit in At Least 30 Consecutive Games
Rank	Year	Name	Team	League	Games
1.	1941	Joe DiMaggio^(AL Record)	New York	AL	56
2.	1896/1897	Willie Keeler^{(NL Record)}	Baltimore	NL	45
3.	1978	Pete Rose	Cincinnati	NL	44
4.	1894	Bill Dahlen	Chicago	NL	42
5.	1922	George Sisler	St. Louis	AL	41
6.	1911	Ty Cobb	Detroit	AL	40
7.	1987	Paul Molitor	Milwaukee	AL	39
8.	2005/2006	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia	NL	38
9.	1945	Tommy Holmes	Boston	NL	37
10.	1895	Fred Clarke	Louisville	NL	35
	1917	Ty Cobb	Detroit	AL	35
	2002	Luis Castillo	Florida	NL	35
	2006	Chase Utley	Philadelphia	NL	35
14.	1925	George Sisler	St. Louis	AL	34
	1938	George McQuinn	St. Louis	AL	34
	1949	Dom DiMaggio	Boston	AL	34
	1987	Benito Santiago	San Diego	NL	34
18.	1893	George Davis	New York	NL	33
	1907	Hal Chase	New York	AL	33
	1922	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis	NL	33
	1933	Heinie Manush	Washington	AL	33
22.	1899	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia	NL	31
	1906	Nap Lajoie	Cleveland	AL	31
	1924	Sam Rice	Washington	AL	31
	1969	Willie Davis	Los Angeles	NL	31
	1970	Rico Carty	Atlanta	NL	31
	1980	Ken Landreaux	Minnesota	AL	31
	1999	Vladimir Guerrero	Montreal	NL	31
29.	1876	Cal McVey	Chicago	NL	30
	1898	Elmer Smith	Cincinnati	NL	30
	1912	Tris Speaker	Boston	AL	30
	1934	Goose Goslin	Detroit	AL	30
	1950	Stan Musial	St. Louis	NL	30
	1976	Ron LeFlore	Detroit	AL	30
	1980	George Brett	Kansas City	AL	30
	1989	Jerome Walton	Chicago	NL	30
	1997	Sandy Alomar, Jr.	Cleveland	AL	30
	1997	Nomar Garciaparra	Boston	AL	30
	1998	Eric Davis	Baltimore	AL	30
	1999	Luis Gonzalez	Arizona	NL	30
	2003	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	NL	30
	2006	Willy Taveras	Houston	NL	30
	2007	Moises Alou	New York	NL	30
	2009	Ryan Zimmerman	Washington	NL	30
Rank	Yearn	Name	Team	League	Games
30+ Game Hitting Streaks \| Hitting Streaks Records

Did you know that during the first season (1988) of Star Trek: The Next Generation in an episode titled The Big Goodbye they mentioned that Joe DiMaggio's streak was broken by a shortstop named Buck Bokai of the London Kings in the year 2026?

Discuss these historical hitting streaks, current streaks, rookie streaks, and other impressive streaks on Baseball Fever today. Worth discussing is this October 2, 2005, press release statement from Major League Baseball in respect to Jimmy Rollins thirty-six game hitting streak and the removal of Billy Hamilton's 36-game streak in 1894:

Rollins Hit Streak Reaches 36

The streak will remain active for next season, and Rollins will need a hit in 21 more games to pass Joe DiMaggio's 65-year-old record. The record-setting game would come next April, pending no rainouts and no games sat out.

If Rollins does it, he would be recognized as the all-time leader, but not as the single-season leader, unless he kept it going.

Source: MLB.com (Ken Mandel, 10/02/2005).

Phillies hitting streaks history

Outfielder Billy Hamilton's 36-game hitting streak (1894): the Phillies learned this morning from Elias Sports Bureau that this record was eliminated a few years ago when researchers uncovered an 0-for-3 for Hamilton in a game that was protested. Somehow this game was omitted when compiling the hitting streak.

Ed Delahanty's 31-game hitting streak in 1899 is the longest in Phillies history, July 15 through August 18, 2nd game; 53 for 128, a .411 average.

Chuck Klein is next with two 26-game hitting streaks in 1930: May 18, 2nd game through June 17; 53 for 109, a .486 average. July 12, 1st game through August 3, 1st game; 49 for 113, a .434 average.

Klein also had a 14-game hitting streak stopped on July 11, just before starting his second 26-game streak. Over 73 games between May 18, 2nd game, and August 3, 1st game, he hit safely in 70 games. He was hitless June 20, June 26, 1st game, and July 11.

**As a point of reference, walks were included in official stats when it came to compiling hitting streaks in 1887. This was the only year in which walks were included.

Source: MLB.com (09/21/2005).

When Joe DiMaggio played for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League he had a sixty-one game hitting streak with a total of one-hundred four (104) hits — five games longer than his major league record!

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