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More on streaks.(Essay)
- Article from:
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The Baseball Research Journal
- Article date:
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January 1, 2007
- Author:
- McCotter, Trent
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You probably didn't hear about it, but in 2007 Derek Jeter came within two games of tying Joe DiMaggio's record 56-game hitting streak. How did he do it? From August 20, 2006, through May 3, 2007 (second game), Jeter played in 56 games and went hitless in only two of them. Those two hitless games (on September 17, 2006 (second game) and April 7, 2007) kept Jeter from a multi-season 56-game hitting streak, which would have tied the record.
What makes Jeter's accomplishment even more fantastic is that he was only the second player since 1900 to have two or fewer hitless games out of any 56 game stretch. Joe DiMaggio was the other, of course, when he had zero hitless games in ...