# Hitting streak

In baseball, a hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit. According to the Official Baseball Rules, such a streak is not necessarily ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit.
Joe DiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit .408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in.
Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks holds the Major League Baseball postseason record with a streak of 20 consecutive games, with the streak beginning in his first playoff game appearance. The streak began in 2017 on October 14 and was broken up in Game 5 of the 2023 World Series on November 1st, striking out as the final batter for Arizona as the Texas Rangers won the series. Marte hit .352 during his streak (31-for-88), with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in.

## Major League Baseball
### Regular season leaders

There have been 55 occurrences in Major League Baseball where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games. Multiple streaks in the same season have occurred in 1922 (George Sisler and Rogers Hornsby), 1987 (Paul Molitor and Benito Santiago), 1997 (Nomar Garciaparra and Sandy Alomar Jr.), 1999 (Vladimir Guerrero and Luis Gonzalez), 2006 (Chase Utley and Willy Taveras), and 2011 (Andre Ethier and Dan Uggla). In addition, 1924 included one whole streak (Sam Rice) and the beginning of another (George Sisler). A similar event occurred in 2006 with two whole streaks (Utley and Taveras) and the end of another (Jimmy Rollins).
| # | Player | Team | Games | Year(s) |
| 1 | Joe DiMaggio | New York Yankees | 56 | 1941 |
| 2 | Willie Keeler | Baltimore Orioles | 45 (44) | 1896–97 |
| 3 | Pete Rose | Cincinnati Reds | 44 | 1978 |
| 4 | Bill Dahlen | Chicago Colts | 42 | 1894 |
| 5 | George Sisler | St. Louis Browns | 41 | 1922 |
| 6 | Ty Cobb | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 1911 |
| 7 | Paul Molitor | Milwaukee Brewers | 39 | 1987 |
| 8 | Jimmy Rollins | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 (36) | 2005–06 |
| 9 | Tommy Holmes | Boston Braves | 37 | 1945 |
| 10 | Gene DeMontreville | Washington Senators | 36 | 1896–97 |
| 11 | Fred Clarke | Louisville Colonels | 35 | 1895 |
| | Ty Cobb | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 1917 |
| | George Sisler | St. Louis Browns | 35 (34) | 1924–25 |
| | Luis Castillo | Florida Marlins | 35 | 2002 |
| | Chase Utley | Philadelphia Phillies | 35 | 2006 |
| 16 | George McQuinn | St. Louis Browns | 34 | 1938 |
| | Dom DiMaggio | Boston Red Sox | 34 | 1949 |
| | Benito Santiago | San Diego Padres | 34 | 1987 |
| 19 | George Davis | New York Giants | 33 | 1893 |
| | Hal Chase | New York Highlanders | 33 | 1907 |
| | Rogers Hornsby | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 1922 |
| | Heinie Manush | Washington Senators | 33 | 1933 |
| | Dan Uggla | Atlanta Braves | 33 | 2011 |
| 24 | Harry Heilmann | Detroit Tigers | 32 | 1922–23 |
| | Hal Morris | Cincinnati Reds | 32 | 1996–97 |
| 26 | Jimmy Wolf | Louisville Colonels | 31 | 1885–86 |
| | Ed Delahanty | Philadelphia Phillies | 31 | 1899 |
| | Nap Lajoie | Cleveland Naps | 31 | 1906 |
| | Sam Rice | Washington Senators | 31 | 1924 |
| | Vada Pinson | Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 1965–66 |
| | Willie Davis | Los Angeles Dodgers | 31 | 1969 |
| | Rico Carty | Atlanta Braves | 31 | 1970 |
| | Ron LeFlore | Detroit Tigers | 31 (30) | 1975–76 |
| | Ken Landreaux | Minnesota Twins | 31 | 1980 |
| | Vladimir Guerrero | Montreal Expos | 31 | 1999 |
| | Whit Merrifield | Kansas City Royals | 31 (11) | 2018–19 |
| 36 | Cal McVey | Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 1876 |
| | Dusty Miller | Cincinnati Reds | 30 | 1895–96 |
| | Elmer Smith | Cincinnati Reds | 30 | 1898 |
| | Tris Speaker | Boston Red Sox | 30 | 1912 |
| | Charlie Grimm | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 1922–23 |
| | Lance Richbourg | Boston Braves | 30 | 1927–28 |
| | Sam Rice | Washington Senators | 30 | 1929–30 |
| | Goose Goslin | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 1934 |
| | Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 1950 |
| | George Brett | Kansas City Royals | 30 | 1980 |
| | Jerome Walton | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 1989 |
| | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Cleveland Indians | 30 | 1997 |
| | Nomar Garciaparra | Boston Red Sox | 30 | 1997 |
| | Eric Davis | Baltimore Orioles | 30 | 1998 |
| | Luis Gonzalez | Arizona Diamondbacks | 30 | 1999 |
| | Albert Pujols | St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 2003 |
| | Willy Taveras | Houston Astros | 30 | 2006 |
| | Moisés Alou | New York Mets | 30 | 2007 |
| | Ryan Zimmerman | Washington Nationals | 30 | 2009 |
| | Andre Ethier | Los Angeles Dodgers | 30 | 2011 |
| | Freddie Freeman | Atlanta Braves | 30 | 2016 |
Keeler's streak started in his final game of the 1896 season, and continued through the first 44 games of the 1897 season. Rollins ended the 2005 season with a 36-game streak and extended it through the first two games of the 2006 season. Sisler had a hit in the last game of 1924 and the first 34 games of 1925. Major League Baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: Longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. Rollins 2005–2006). Keeler's, Sisler's, and Rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing single-season streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing multiple-season streaks.
This list omits Denny Lyons of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak. In 1887, the major leagues adopted a new rule which counted walks as hits, a rule which was dropped after that season. Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000 Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision, ruling that the statistics which were recognized in each year's official records should stand, even in cases where they were later proven incorrect. Paradoxically, the ruling affects only hit totals for the year; the batting champion for the year is not recognized as the all-time leader despite having the highest single-season average under the ruling, and Lyons' hitting streak is not recognized.
Ty Cobb, Sam Rice, and George Sisler are the only players with multiple streaks of 30 games or longer.
There have been 129 single-season streaks of 25 games or more. The lowest batting average ever recorded during a hitting streak of 25 games or more was .304 by Bruce Campbell in 1938. The highest was .486 during Chuck Klein's streak in 1930. Joe DiMaggio hit .408 during his record-holding 56-game streak. In probability theory, every baseball game is a Bernoulli trial in which a hitter either does or does not get a hit. DiMaggio's streak of 56 consecutive games with hits awaits an equal streak: "The probability is .0003 that a .350 hitter will have a hitting streak of at least 56 games in a season. If there are about four such seasons per year in the future, such a streak would be expected, assuming the Bernoulli trials model, every 1/(.0003 x 4) = 833 years."

### Postseason leaders
#### Key

| * | Active Hitting Streak | Active Hitting Streak | Active Hitting Streak | Active Hitting Streak | Active Hitting Streak |
| † | Active Player during 2023 MLB Season | Active Player during 2023 MLB Season | Active Player during 2023 MLB Season | Active Player during 2023 MLB Season | Active Player during 2023 MLB Season |
| ‡ | Member of Baseball Hall of Fame | Member of Baseball Hall of Fame | Member of Baseball Hall of Fame | Member of Baseball Hall of Fame | Member of Baseball Hall of Fame |
Source:
| # | Player | Team | Games | Year(s) |
| 1 | Ketel Marte† | Arizona Diamondbacks | 20 | 2017–2023 |
| 2 | Hank Bauer | New York Yankees | 17 | 1956–1958 |
| | Derek Jeter‡ | New York Yankees | 17 | 2003–2004 |
| | Manny Ramirez | Boston Red Sox | 17 | 2003–2004 |
| 5 | Pat Borders | Toronto Blue Jays | 16 | 1991–1993 |
| | Michael Brantley† | Houston Astros | 16 | 2020–2021 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar | Kansas City Royals | 15 | 2015 |
| | Marquis Grissom | Atlanta Braves | 15 | 1995–1996 |
| | Rickey Henderson‡ | Oakland Athletics | 15 | 1989–1990 |
| 10 | Roberto Clemente‡ | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 1960, 1971 |

### Major League Baseball records by franchise

Only currently extant franchises are included on this list. Where a player had a significant streak while the team was in other than its current city, the records in these other cities are displayed. As above, for a multi-year streak, the single-season streak is shown in parentheses.
| Team | Player | Games | Year(s) |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | Luis Gonzalez | 30 | 1999 |
| Atlanta Braves | Tommy Holmes (Boston Braves) | 37 | 1945 |
| | Dan Uggla (Atlanta Braves) | 33 | 2011 |
| | Hank Aaron (Milwaukee Braves) | 25 | 1956 |
| Baltimore Orioles | George Sisler (St. Louis Browns) | 41 | 1922 |
| | Eric Davis (Baltimore Orioles) | 30 | 1998 |
| Boston Red Sox | Dom DiMaggio | 34 | 1949 |
| Chicago Cubs | Bill Dahlen (Chicago Colts) | 42 | 1894 |
| Chicago White Sox | Carlos Lee | 28 | 2004 |
| Cincinnati Reds | Pete Rose | 44 | 1978 |
| Cleveland Guardians | Napoleon Lajoie (Cleveland Naps) | 31 | 1906 |
| Colorado Rockies | Nolan Arenado | 28 | 2014 |
| Detroit Tigers | Ty Cobb | 40 | 1911 |
| Houston Astros | Willy Taveras | 30 | 2006 |
| Kansas City Royals | Whit Merrifield | 31 | 2018–19 |
| Los Angeles Angels | Garret Anderson | 28 | 1998 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Willie Davis (Los Angeles Dodgers) | 31 | 1969 |
| | Zack Wheat (Brooklyn Dodgers) | 29 | 1916 |
| Miami Marlins | Luis Castillo (Florida Marlins) | 35 | 2002 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Paul Molitor (Milwaukee Brewers) | 39 | 1987 |
| | Tommy Davis (Seattle Pilots) | 18 | 1969 |
| Minnesota Twins | Heinie Manush (Washington Senators) | 33 | 1933 |
| | Ken Landreaux (Minnesota Twins) | 31 | 1980 |
| New York Mets | Moisés Alou | 30 | 2007 |
| New York Yankees | Joe DiMaggio | 56 | 1941 |
| Oakland Athletics | Bill Lamar (Philadelphia Athletics) | 29 | 1925 |
| | Jason Giambi (Oakland Athletics) | 25 | 1997 |
| | Héctor López (Kansas City Athletics) | 22 | 1957 |
| | Vic Power (Kansas City Athletics) | 22 | 1958 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmy Rollins | 38 (36) | 2005–06 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Jimmy Williams | 27 | 1899 |
| San Diego Padres | Benito Santiago | 34 | 1987 |
| San Francisco Giants | George Davis (New York Giants) | 33 | 1893 |
| | Jack Clark (San Francisco Giants) | 26 | 1978 |
| Seattle Mariners | Ichiro Suzuki | 27 | 2009 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Rogers Hornsby | 33 | 1922 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | Yandy Díaz | 20 | 2024 |
| Texas Rangers | Gabe Kapler (Texas Rangers) | 28 | 2000 |
| | Ken McMullen (Washington Senators) | 19 | 1967 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Shawn Green | 28 | 1999 |
| Washington Nationals | Vladimir Guerrero (Montréal Expos) | 31 | 1999 |
| | Ryan Zimmerman (Washington Nationals) | 30 | 2009 |

## Minor League Baseball leaders

The longest streaks in the history of Minor League Baseball and other professional baseball leagues:
| Rank | Player | League | Games | Year(s) |
| 1 | Joe Wilhoit | Western League | 69 | 1919 |
| 2 | Joe DiMaggio | Pacific Coast League | 61 | 1933 |
| 3 | Román Mejías | Big State League | 55 | 1954 |
| 4 | Otto Pahlman | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | 50 | 1922 |
| | Francisco Mejia | Carolina League | 50 | 2016 |
| 6 | Jack Ness | Pacific Coast League | 49 | 1915 |
| | Harry Chozen | Southern League | 49 | 1945 |
| 8 | Johnny Bates | Southern League | 46 | 1925 |
| 9 | James McOwen | California League | 45 | 2009 |
| 10 | Brandon Watson | International League | 43 | 2007 |
| | Doc Marshall | American Association | 43 | 1935 |
| | Orlando Moreno | Longhorn League | 43 | 1947 |
| | Howie Bedell | American Association | 43 | 1961 |
| 14 | Herbert Chapman | Southeastern League | 42 | 1950 |
| | Jack Lelivelt | International League | 42 | 1912 |
| 16 | Jim Ogelsby | Pacific Coast League | 41 | 1933 |
| | Randy César | Texas League | 41 | 2018 |
| 18 | Jason James | Frontier League | 40 | 2009 |
| | Frosty Kennedy | West Texas–New Mexico League | 40 | 1953 |
| 20 | Jose Siri | Midwest League | 39 | 2017 |
| 21 | Mitch Hilligoss | South Atlantic League | 38 | 2007 |
| | Hubert Mason | Eastern League | 38 | 1925 |
| | Paul Owens | PONY League | 38 | 1951 |
| 24 | Maikel Jova | North American League | 37 | 2012 |
| | Johnny Rizzo | American Association | 37 | 1937 |
| | Joey Cora | Pacific Coast League | 37 | 1989 |
| | Bobby Treviño | Texas League | 37 | 1969 |
| | Harold Garcia | Florida State League | 37 | 2010 |
| 29 | Bill Sweeney | International League | 36 | 1935 |
| | Joe Altobelli | Florida State League | 36 | 1951 |
| 31 | Brent Gates | California League | 35 | 1992 |
| | Scott Seabol | South Atlantic League | 35 | 1999 |
| | Kevin Holt | Frontier League | 35 | 1996–97 |
| | Ildemaro Vargas | Pacific Coast League | 35 | 2018 |
| 35 | Greg Tubbs | Southern League | 33 | 1987 |
| | Mat Gamel | Florida State League | 33 | 2007 |
| 37 | Chris Valaika | Pioneer League | 32 | 2006 |
| | Robert Fick | Midwest League | 32 | 1997 |
| | Lance Downing | Arizona League | 32 | 1997 |
| | Jim Reboulet | Eastern League | 32 | 1986 |
| 41 | Kevin Hooper | Pacific Coast League | 31 | 2002 |
| | Casey Blake | Florida State League | 31 | 1998 |
| | Jeremy Carr | Texas League | 31 | 1997 |
| | Pedro Guerrero | Pacific Coast League | 31 | 1979 |
| 45 | Desi Wilson | Golden Baseball League | 30 | 2005 |
| | Mike Galloway | Frontier League | 30 | 2005 |
| | Ricardo Nanita | Pioneer League | 30 | 2003 |
| | Michael Robertson | Frontier League | 30 | 2001 |
| | Doug Brady | American Association | 30 | 1995 |
| | Jose Tolentino | Pacific Coast League | 30 | 1990 |
DiMaggio set the Minor League record as a member of the San Francisco Seals. Unrecognized by Minor League Baseball is the 69 game hitting streak by Joe Wilhoit in 1919. Wilhoit was in the independent Western League at the time and his record is considered the all-time Professional Baseball record.