George John Maisel (March 12, 1892 – December 20, 1968) was an American Major League Baseball center fielder with the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs between 1913 and 1922.
 Maisel batted and threw right-handed.
 He also played minor league baseball for 12 seasons and was a manager in the minor leagues from 1925 to 1927.
Duane Singleton (born Duane Earl Singleton) is a former Major League Baseball center fielder.
 Singleton was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft.
 He played with the team at the Major League level for two seasons before being traded to the Detroit Tigers for minor league player Henry Santos in 1996.
 Singleton played one season with the Tigers before being released by the team later in the year.
James Erigena Barrett (March 28, 1875 – October 24, 1921) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder.
 A native of Athol, Massachusetts, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
 Barrett played 10 seasons in the major leagues with the Cincinnati Reds (1899–1900, 1906), Detroit Tigers (1901–05), and Boston Red Sox (1907–08).
 Barrett was the first star for the Tigers, playing for the Tigers in the first five years of their existence.
 He left the Tigers with the arrival of a new center fielder Ty Cobb.
 Barrett had a career batting average of .291 (21 points higher than the league average during the deadball years in which he played).
 He also had a career on-base percentage of .379.
 In 1903 and 1904, he led the American League in times on base and walks.
 Despite Barrett's having played in only 866 major league games, baseball historian, Bill James, ranks Barrett as the 72nd best center fielder of all time.
David Elwood "Dave" Rowe (October 9, 1854 – December 9, 1930) was an American Major League Baseball center fielder and manager from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
 His brother, Jack Rowe also played and managed in the Major leagues.
 Over the course of Rowe's career, he had 383 hits and a .263 batting average.
 He appeared in four games as a pitcher during his career, and in a game on July 24, 1882, Rowe allowed 35 runs to score, although only 12 of them were earned; it remains the record for most runs scored against a pitcher in major league history.
Cecil Rutherford "Rud" Rennie (1897–1956), newspaperman, was a sportswriter for the "New York Herald Tribune", chiefly assigned to the New York Yankees baseball team and the New York Giants football team, for some 36 years.
 He was a friend and confidante of many celebrated sports figures such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Pepper Martin, and Dizzy Dean, as well as his many colleagues in the press box.
 Much quoted from his writings as well as tossed-off quips, Rennie was a member of The Newspaper Guild from its founding in 1933.
 He served on the board of directors of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, and was frequently on the yearly selection committee for Most Valuable Player and the Honor Roll, and was on the executive committee of the New York Chapter.
Torii Kedar Hunter ( ; born July 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder.
 He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Detroit Tigers from 1997 through 2015.
 Hunter was a five-time All-Star, won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder and was a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner.
Damon Jackson Buford (born June 12, 1970) is a former American Major League Baseball center fielder with the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs between 1993 and 2001.
 Buford was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
 Buford batted and threw right-handed.
 He is the son of former Major League Baseball player Don Buford.
Dominic Paul DiMaggio (February 12, 1917 – May 8, 2009), nicknamed "The Little Professor", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder.
 He played his entire 11-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox (1940–1953).
 He was the youngest of three brothers who each became major league center fielders, the others being Joe and Vince.
Kevin Andrew Pillar ( ) (born January 4, 1989) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
 Pillar was an All-American center fielder in college.
 He set the NCAA Division II record with a 54-game hitting streak in 2010, and established his school's all-time record with a career batting average of .367.
 Pillar was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 32nd round (979th overall) of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees.
 He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15 – July 16, 1941), a record that still stands.

Question: Cecil Rutherford "Rud" Rennie was a friend to an American Major League Baseball center fielder prehaps best known for his what?
Answer: 56-game hitting streak