If you hear you’re doing the same as Manny Ramírez and Derek Jeter did in the postseason, it’s because you’re doing great. That’s the case of Michael Brantley, who is just two games away from tying Manny, Jeter, and Hank Bauer with the longest hitting streak in postseason history (17). Uncle Mike finished the Division Series with 15.
There have been only eight men in history to have 15-plus consecutive games with at least one hit. Those are Rickey Henderson, Marquis Grissom, Alcides Escobar, Pat Borders, Bauer, Jeter, Ramírez, and Brantley, who just broke George Springer’s record for the Astros (14).