Record 56-Game Hitting Streak Lyrics

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Joe DiMaggio, #5 centerfielder for the New York Yankees from 1936-1942, still holds the record for longest consecutive hitting streak. A hitting streak stays alive if the player gets at least one base hit per game – which DiMaggio did 56 straight times in 1941, not counting the All-Star Game. No modern player has come close to the record, with Pete Rose putting together a 44-game streak in 1978 and Jimmy Rollins finishing at 38 in 2005.

DiMaggio’s record is an extraordinary statistical aberration, but can’t be called a “fluke” per se. After his 56th game, DiMaggio reached base on a walk in the next game and then hit safely in another 16 straight games. The man was just consistent. Regardless, Stephen Gould would call it “the most extraordinary thing that ever happened in American sports.”

The streak inspired a hit record, “Joltin' Joe,” by Les Brown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q6odQuCxFU

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May 15, 1941
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