joe dimaggio holds the record for longest hitting streak.
who holds the record for longest hitting streak?
joe dimaggio
bullet::::- high class-a lynchburg hillcats catcher francisco mejía halted his hitting streak at 50 games. a day after a controversial scoring change enabled mejía to tie for the fourth-longest run in minor league history, the cleveland indians no. 3 prospect went 0-for-3 with a walk and an rbi in a 6–0 shutout over the winston-salem dash (cws) at calvin falwell field. it is the longest hitting streak since the minor leagues reclassified in 1963, and it's the longest by any player at any level since román mejías hit safely in 55 straight games for the class-b waco pirates in 1954. joe wilhoit holds the record with 69 games (1919) and joe dimaggio is second with 55 games (1933).
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keeler's streak started in his final game of the 1896 season, and continued through the first 44 games of the 1897 season. rollins ended the 2005 season with a 36-game streak and extended it through the first two games of the 2006 season. sisler had a hit in the last game of 1924 and the first 34 games of 1925. major league baseball recognizes two hitting streak records: longest hitting streak in one season, and longest hitting streak over multiple seasons (e.g. rollins 2005–2006). keeler's, sisler's, and rollins' streaks are listed as 44, 34, and 36 games when discussing "single-season" streaks, and 45, 35, and 38 games when discussing "multiple-season" streaks.
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