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Indians prospect Mejia extends streak to 44
- Updated: August 2, 2016
Indians catching prospect Francisco Mejia again wasted no time in extending his historic hitting streak, as he lined an RBI single to left field in his first at-bat for the Class A Advanced Lynchburg Hillcats on Tuesday, stretching his run to 44 consecutive games.
It was the second straight game in which Mejia, the Indians’ No. 4 prospect, extended the streak in his first at-bat. His streak — the eighth-longest in Minor League history — is the longest in the Minors since James McOwen hit in 45 straight for High Desert in 2009.
Over the weekend, Mejia was the centerpiece in a proposed deal between the Indians and Brewers that would have sent Mejia and two more of Cleveland’s Top 30 Prospects — shortstop Yu-Cheng Chang and outfielder Greg Allen — along with reliever Shawn Armstrong to Milwaukee for catcher Jonathan Lucroy. The deal was nixed on Sunday, though, when Lucroy exercised his no-trade clause. Mejia and Chang were both held out of the Hillcats’ lineup on Sunday but were back in the lineup on Monday night, hours after the non-waiver Trade Deadline passed.
Entering Tuesday’s game, Mejia had posted a .379/.402/.598 slash line, with 10 doubles, two triples, eight homers and 39 RBIs during his streak, which began more than two months ago, on May 27.
Longest Minor League hitting streaks Player Games Year Joe Wilhoit 69 1919 Joe DiMaggio 61 1933 Roman Mejias 55 1954 Otto Pahlman 50 1922 Jack Ness 49 1915 Harry Chozen 49 1945 James McOwen 45 2009 Francisco Mejia 44 2016 Brandon Watson 43 2007 Eddie Marshall 43 1935 Orlando Moreno 43 1947 Howie Bedell 43 1961 Jack Lelivelt 42 1912 Herbert Chapman 42 1950 Ducky Detweiler 40 1942 Frosty Kennedy 40 1953
The MiLB hit streak record is 69, set by Joe Wilhoit in 1919. Joe DiMaggio, whose big league record hit streak of 56 games is being celebrated for its 75th anniversary this season, had a 61-game Minor League hit streak in 1933, second-longest of all-time.
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Perhaps most impressive in Mejia’s current run is how he’s hurdled major obstacles that …
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