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DYK: Inside Bradley’s hitting streak
- Updated: May 24, 2016
With a second-inning double off the Green Monster against the Rockies on Tuesday night, Jackie Bradley Jr. pulled halfway to history. The Red Sox outfielder extended his hitting streak to 28 games with that knock putting him halfway to Joe DiMaggio’s Major League record of 56 games, set nearly 75 years ago.
DiMaggio’s streak ran from May 15 through July 16, 1941.
To this day, the closest any hitter has come to replicating that feat is 44 games, which Pete Rose did for the Reds in 1978.
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And while Bradley has a ways to go to catch DiMaggio, when he extended his hitting streak to 28 games, he became just the 15th player since the turn of this century to get that far. Here’s a look at other facts and figures regarding Bradley’s pursuit of DiMaggio’s record:
• Since DiMaggio’s streak ended on July 15, 1941, 47 players have had hitting streaks of 28 games or better. Rose’s 44 is the longest, while the Dodgers’ Jimmy Rollins owns the longest streak among active players at 38, set from 2005-06 with the Phillies.
• In that span, the only player to record a hit in 28 or more consecutive games twice remains DiMaggio himself. After his record-setting streak …
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