85 years ago today, baseball’s Joe DiMaggio began his historic 56-game hitting streak—getting at least one hit in the next 56 consecutive games—a Major...
85 years ago today, baseball’s Joe DiMaggio began his historic 56-game hitting streak—getting at least one hit in the next 56 consecutive games—a Major League record that still stands today and has been described as unbreakable. During the streak, which ended on July 17, ‘Joltin' Joe’ hit .408 with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in—and struck out only five times. The closest anyone has come to equaling the 27-year-old’s feat is Pete Rose in 1978, with hits in 44 straight games. Experts consider DiMaggio’s streak to be uniquely outstanding and a statistical near-impossibility. WATCH an awesome video tribute... (1941)
