On May 15, 1941, Yankee outfielder Joe DiMaggio got a hit off of White Sox pitcher Edgar Smith and he wouldn’t stop getting hits until July 17, 1941. For 56 games in a row, DiMaggio would tally at least one hit, cementing a legacy and establishing a major league record that has yet to be replicated or broken.
The hit streak is one of my favorite things to keep track of, especially when a player starts to hit double digits in the streak. Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things to do in sports and to be able to do it once a game for weeks is worthy of recognition.