The Majority of the great pitching and batting streaks occurred between 1920 and 1941, most notably Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak in 1941. It began quietly on May 15 when DiMaggio collected a single off of White Sox pitcher Eddie Smith. Two months later, after he managed a double and two singles off of Al Milnar and Joe Krakauskas of the Indians, his streak stood at 56 games. On July 17, at Cleveland Stadium, DiMaggio was finally stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians, but mostly his streak was stopped by third basemen Ken Keltner and shortstop Lou Boudreau who managed to get a hold of three hard shots, Boudreau getting him on a double play in his final at-bat. During his streak, DiMaggio hit .408 with 91 hits in 223 at-bats. Ted Williams lost the MVP award to DiMaggio even though he hit .406 for the entire season.
Longest National League Hitting Streak
44 - Pete Rose, Cincinnati, 1978
Willie Keeler, Baltimore, 1897. Prior to Keeler, the record was held by Dahlen of the Chicago White Stockings, who hit in 42 straight games.
Most Consecutive Base Hits, No Walks
AL -12- Walt Droppo, Detroit, July 14 and 15, 1952
NL -10- Jake Gettman, Washington, September 10 and 11, 1897
Ed Konetchy, Brooklyn, June 28, 29, July 1, 1919
Most Consecutive Games Hitting a Homerun
8 - Dale Long, Pittsburgh, May 19 - 28, 1956
Don Mattingly, New York, July 8 - 18, 1987
Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle, July 20 - 28, 1993
Most Consecutive Games Getting an RBI
NL -17- Ray Grimes. Chicago, 1922. For many years Grimes' record went unrecognized because a back injury sidelined him for 9 games during the streak.
AL -13- Taft Wright, Chicago, 1941
Mike Sweeney, Kansas City, 1999
Most Consecutive Games Played
2632 - Cal Ripken, Baltimore. Ripken began the streak on May 30, 1982 and ended it voluntarily on September 20, 1998. Unlike Gehrig's streak, whom he broke, Ripkens was very uneventful and was never really in jeopardy of ending.
Most Consecutive Wins by a Pitcher
NL -24- Carl Hubbell, New York Giants, 1936-1937
AL -20- Roger Clemens, Toronto/New York, 1998-1999
Most Consecutive Wins by Pitcher, Same Season
19 - Tim Keefe, New York Giants, 1888
Rube Marquard, New York Giants, 1912. By modern day rules, Marquard would have been 20-0 since he came in relief on July 3 in the top of the 9th while his team was down, they came back to win in their final at-bat.
Most Consecutive Win by Pitcher at Home
20 - Lefty Grove, Boston Red Sox, May 3, 1938 through May 12, 1941. In the process he put to rest any doubt a southpaw could win at Fenway Park.
Most Consecutive Wins, Relief Pitcher
22 - Roy Face. Pittsburgh, 1958-1959
Most Consecutive Wins by Pitcher on Last Place Team
15 - Steve Carlton, Phillies, 1972. Carlton's streak helped him win 27 games for a team that won only 59.
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