He really didn't hit much in April and early May and there was a lot of concern about him. But, of course, by that time, he was such a great established star, Joe McCarthy wasn't worried and wouldn't bench him. But, he was waiting for Joe to start get going so the Yankees would get going. And on May 15th, he did get a base hit and that began the famous 56-game consecutive hitting streak. That's a rather common thing.
Players do hit in that many games and have.
The record was 37 held by Sisler. And, finally, when he got into the early 30s, which would be around late June, people then began to get excited about it. The papers were writing about it every day. The other players were being asked about it. DiMaggio was being asked a great deal about it.