MLB Hitting Streak

1996-Jul-02 Bronx NY

1996-Jun-29 Washington DC

1991-Jul-17 Cleveland OH

50th anniversary end of 56-game hitting streak

1897, Willie Keeler (Baltimore Orioles) had a 44-game hitting streak to start the season, breaking the previous single season record of 42 set by Bill Dahlen. Keeler had a hit in his final game of the 1896 season, giving him a National League-record 45-game hitting streak. 

George Sisler (St Louis Browns) had hits in his first two games returning from the injury before going hitless on September 18, 1922. Sisler's 41 game hitting streak remained an AL record until Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) set the MLB record with his 56-game hitting streak in 1941. His run lasted from May 15 to July 16, during which he had a .408 batting average.

Mark Whitten : St Louis Cardinals

1993-Sep-08 Cincinnati Oh 

St Louis Cardinals v Cincinnati Reds

Mark Whitten 1990-2000

(Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees)

1993-Sep-07 Hit 4 home runs and 12 RBI in one game v Cincinnati Reds

Maury Wills : Los Angeles Dodgers

1987-Oct-03 Los Angeles Ca

25th Anniversary Stolen Base Record

Maury Wills - 1959-1972

(Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos)

NL MVP (1962)

2× Gold Glove Award (1961, 1962)

6× NL stolen base leader (1960–1965)

586 career stolen bases

Home Run Race : 1998

1998-Sep-27 Cooperstown NY

During Major League Baseball's 1998 season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs pursued the league's long-standing and highly coveted single-season home run record (61), set in 1961 by Roger Maris. The season-long chase culminated on September 8, 1998, when McGwire, facing Sosa and the Cubs, hit his 62nd home run of the season to break the record. McGwire finished the season with 70 home runs, while Sosa finished with 66

Sosa and McGwire shared Sports Illustrated magazine's 1998 "Sportsman of the Year" award.

Tommy John : New York Yankees

1987-Jun-15 Yankee Stadium - New York

271st career victory

BAL RBI: Fred Lynn

NYY RBI: Mike Pagliarulo, Mike Easler, Gary Ward, Willie Randolph, Rick Cerone, Dave Winfield

Pitching: BAL Eric Bell (L 3.2-innings) NYY Tommy John (W 5.1-innings)

Vince Coleman : St Louis Cardinals

1985-Aug-01 Chicago Ill - Rookie Stolen Base Record

1985-Nov-27 New York NY - Rookie of the Year

Vince Coleman 1985-1997

(St Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, 

Detroit Tigers)

NL Rookie of the Year (1985)

6× NL stolen base leader (1985–1990)

St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Barry Bonds

Wildhorse commemorative hand painted cachet - 1992 Olympic Baseball first day cover

2001-October-05 San Francisco, Ca - Pacific Bell Park

Los Angeles Dodgers 11 – 10 San Francisco Giants

Bonds hits HR # 71 

LAD RBI: Gary Sheffield 4 (HR); Marquis Grissom 3 (HR); Chan Ho Park 2; Paul Lo Duca; Shawn Green (HR)

SFG RBI: Eric Davis 3; Jeff Kent 3; Rich Aurilia 2 (HR); Barry Bonds 2 (2HR)

LAD pitching: Chan Ho Park (4-innings) Giovanni Carrara (W 2-innings)

SFG pitching: Tim Worrell (L 1-inning)

PMW-B96 #/27

PMW-B97 #/13

2004-September-17 San Francisco, Ca - SBC Park

San Diego Padres  1 - 4  San Francisco Giants 

SDP RBI: Rich Aurilia

SFG RBI: J.T. Snow; A.J. Pierzynski; Marquis Grissom; Barry Bonds (HR)

SDP pitching: Jake Peavy (L 7-innings)

SFG pitching: Noah Lowry(w 6.2-innings)

2007-August-10 San Francisco, Ca - AT&T Park

Pittsburgh Pirates 8 – 7 San Francisco Giants

PIT RBI: Ronny Paulino 2; Freddy Sanchez 2; Ryan Doumit; Adam LaRoche (HR); Jack Wilson; Nate McLouth

SFG RBI: Barry Bonds 3 (HR); Pedro Feliz; Ray Durham; Omar Vizquel; Kevin Frandsen

PIT pitching: Matt Morris (6-innings) John Grabow (W 1-inning)

SFG pitching: Russ Ortiz (5-innings) Vinnie Chulk (L 0.1-innings)

Barry Bonds - American baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2007. Recognized as an all-around player and a prolific home run hitter

August 7 2007, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Bonds hit a 435 foot home run, his 756th, off a pitch from Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals, breaking the all-time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron (contradicting the date of the postmark)

Despite his accolades, Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal

Wladimir "Coco" Balentien - 56 HRs : 2013

December 2, 2013 Curacao

Wladimir “Coco” Balentien is a Curaçaoan-Dutch professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

The record of 55 home runs in a single season was originally set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and later tied by Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera. On September 10, 2013, Balentien (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) hit his 55th home run, braking the record, hitting his 56th and 57th home runs, on September 15, 2013 at home against the Hanshin Tigers, ultimately finishing the season with 60 total home runs and 131 RBI in 130 games 

Don Sutton

1983-June-24 Milwaukee, Wi - County Stadium

Cleveland Indians  2 - 6 Milwaukee Brewers

CLE RBI: Andre Thornton 2 (HR)

MIL RBI: Cecil Cooper 3 (HR); Jim Gantner; Rick Manning; Ben Oglivie

CLE SB: Gorman Thomas

MIL Pitching: Don Sutton – complete game win – 8 strikeouts - 3,000 career strikeout

CLE Pitching: Larry Sorenson (L 7-innings)

1986-June-18 Anaheim, California - Anaheim Stadium

Texas Rangers  1 - 5 California Angels

TEX RBI: Pete Incaviglia (HR)

CAL RBI: Brian Downing 2; Rob Wilfong 2; Ruppert Jones (HR)

TEX Pitching: Jose Guzman (L 6.2-innings)

MIL Pitching: Don Sutton – W 300th career win, pitching a complete game, allowed only three hits and one run

Don Sutton - American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 23 seasons as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels. Sutton won a total of 324 games and pitched 58 shutouts including five one-hitters and ten two-hitters

Jeff Reardon - Saves Record : 1988

1988-Sep-30 Minneapolis, Minn - Metrodome

Minnesota Twins  8-5  California Angels

Reardon earned his 41st save of the season, duplicating the feat he earned 41 saves for the Montreal Expos in 1985

Jeff Reardon "The Terminator" - Right-hand relief pitcher for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees (1979-1994)

Reardon became the All-time saves leader in 1992 with his 342nd save, breaking the record head by Rollie Fingers. Lee Smith would break the record the following year.

Career Saves : 367

Won-Loss record : 73-77

Career ERA : 3.16

Career Strikeouts : 877

NL Saves Leader : 1985

NL Rolaids Relief Man Award : 1985

4-time All-Star

Rod Carew

1985-Aug-04 Anaheim Ca - 3,000 hit

1985-Aug-30 New York NY

Passes Lou Brock to become 14th on the all-time hit list

Rod Carew - Minnesota Twins (1967-1978) California Angels (1979-1985)

• 18-time All-Star (1967-1984)
• American League MVP (1977)
• American League Rookie of the Year (1967)
• 7-time American League Batting Champion (1969, 1972-1975, 1977, 1978)
• Roberto Clemente Award (1977)
• Los Angeles Angels Jersey No.29 retired (1986)
• Minnesota Twins Jersey No.29 retired (1987)
• Baseball hall of Fame (1991)
• Los Angeles Angels Hall of Fame (1991)
• Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame (2000)

Considered the greatest contact hitter in Twins history. complied a career batting average .328, reaching his highest average of .388 in 1977

Ron Guidry : New York Yankees

Ron Guidry commemoratives

Ron Guidry -- "Louisiana Lightning" "Gator", played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Guidry was also the pitching coach of the Yankees from 2006 to 2007
Guidry's major league career began in 1975. He was a member of World Series-winning Yankees teams in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 1978, winning 25 games and losing only 3. He also won five Gold Glove Awards and appeared in four All-Star games. Guidry served as captain of the Yankees beginning in 1986; he retired from baseball in 1989. In 2003, the Yankees retired Guidry's uniform number (49) and dedicated a plaque to him in Monument Park - Wikipedia

Don Baylor : New York Yankees

Aug 29, 1985 New York - Yankee Stadium

Don Baylor set the American League record of most times hit by a pitch with 190, when he was hit by Kirk McCaskill

The Yankees defeated the California Angels 4-0

Don Baylor - Batting ave .260, 338 home runs 1,276 RBI

• Baltimore Orioles 1970-1975
• Oakland Athletics 1976, 1988
• California Angels 1977-1982
• New York Yankees 1983-1985
• Boston Red Sox 1986-1987
• Minnesota Twins 1987
• Colorado Rockies - Mgr 1993-1998
• Chicago Cubs - Mgr 2000-2002

Benito Santiago : San Diego Padres

September 26, 1987 Los Angeles -  Dodger Stadium

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the San Diego Padres 4-3

Benito Santiago, catcher for the Padres set an all-time rookie record hitting in 28 straight games

October 2, 1987 San Diego - Jack Murphy Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers 10 - San Diego Padres 3

Santiago established a new rookie record of 34 game hitting streak

Santiago played from 1986-2005 for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs

Career: batting ave .263, 920 RBI, 217 home runs

Ryne Sandberg : Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs

1997-Apr-26 Chicago IL

267th Career Home Run

Ryne Sandberg played major league baseball for 16 years for the Philadelphia Phillies and  Chicago Cubs (1981-1994, 1996-1997)

Sandberg made 10 consecutive appearances in the All-Star Game (1984-1993) and won 9 consecutive Gold Glove Awards (1983-1991)

• NL MVP (1984)
• 7-time Silver Slugger Award (1984, 1985, 1988-1992)
• NL Home Run Leader (1990)
• 282 Career Home Runs
• 1,061 RBI

Baseball Hall of Fame - 2005
Cubs retire #23 - Aug 28, 2005

Roger Clemens

1986-Apr-29 Boston, Ma - Fenway park

20 strikeouts in a 9-inning game

1986-Nov-12 New York, NY -- Cy Young Award

1986-Nov-18 New York, NY -- American League MVP

1987-Nov-11 New York, NY - Cy Young Award

1996-Sep-18 Tiger Stadium Detroit Mi

20 Strikeouts

Boston Red Sox 4 - 0 Detroit Tigers

1998-Nov-16 New York NY - Cy Young Award

2001-Apr--02 - Bronx, NY - Yankee Stadium

3,510 strikeouts

Roger Clemens, Rocket - played 24 seasons in the Major Leagues for the Boston Red Sox (1984-1996) Toronto Blue Jays (1997-1998) New York Yankees (1999-2003, 2007) Houston Astros (2004-2006)

• 11-time All-Star
• 2-tim world Series Champion
• 7-time Cy Young Award
• AL MVP
• 7-time ERA leader
• Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame (2014)

Grenada 1988

Don Mattingly : New York Yankees

1984-Sep-30 - Yankee Stadium - New York, NY

Mattingly wins Batting Title with .343 average

1985-Oct-03 - Yankee Stadium - New York

Breaks Roger Maris RBI record

1985-Nov-20 New York, NY - American League MVP

1986-Oct-04/05 - Fenway Park - Boston, Ma

Record for most hits and most doubles in a season

1987-Jul-19 New York, NY - Gold Glove presentation for 1986 season

1987-Jul-18 - Arlington Stadium - Arlington, Texas

8 consecutive games with a home run

1987-Sep-29 - Yankee Stadium - New York, NY

Records 6-Grand Slams in a single season

1988-Dec-07 New York, NY

Voted his 4th consecutive Gold Glove Award

Don Mattingly spent his entire 14-year career with the New York Yankees, earning the nicknames "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hit Man"

6-time All-Star (1984-1989)

AL MVP (1985)

9-time Gold Glove Award (1985-1989, 1991-1994)

3-time Silver Slugger Award (1985-1987

AL Batting Champion (1984)

AL RBI Leader (1985)

New York Yankees retired his #23 - 1997-August-31