56 / THE HITTING STREAK

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G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Pitchers 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Smith 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 Lee 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 Rigney 4 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 Harris, Niggeling 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Galehouse 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 Auker 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 Rowe, Benton 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 McKain 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 Newsom 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 Johnson 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Grove 12 5 3 4 0 0 1 3 Chase, Anderson, Carrasquel 13 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 Hudson 14 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sundra 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Johnson 16 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Harris 17 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Milnar 18 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Harder 19 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 Feller 20 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Trout 21 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 Newhouser 22 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 Muncrief, Allen, Caster 23 4 3 2 0 0 2 4 Auker 24 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 Caster, Kramer 25 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rigney 26 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 Lee 27 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 Feller 28 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 Bagby 29 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 Milnar 30 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rigney 31 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 Lee 32 3 2 3 0 0 1 2 Smith, Ross 33 5 3 4 1 0 0 1 Newsom, McKain 34 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Trout 35 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 Newhouser, Newsom 36 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Muncrief 37 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 Galehouse 38 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 Auker 39 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 Dean 40 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 Babich, Harris 41 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 Leonard 42 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 Anderson 43 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 Harris, Ryba 44 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Wilson 45 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 Newsom 46 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 Marchildon 47 5 2 4 1 0 0 2 Babich, Hadley (3) 48 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 Knott 49 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Niggeling 50 5 1 4 0 0 1 2 Harris (3), Kramer 51 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 Auker, Muncrief 52 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 Lyons (2), Hallett 53 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lee 54 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Rigney 55 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 Smith 56 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 Milnar (2), Krakauskas TO 223 56 91 16 4 15 55 .408 avg

G Result 1 L, Chi., 13-1 2 d. Chi., 6-5 3 L, Chi., 3-2 4 d. StL, 12-2 5 L, StL, 5-1 6 D. StL, 10-9 7 d. Det., 5-4 8 d. Det., 6-5 9 T, Bos., 9-9 10 d. Bos, 7-6 11 L, Bos., 10-3 12 d. Was. 10-8 13 d. Was., 6-5 14 T, Was, 2-2 15 d. Bos., 4-3 16 L, Bos. 13-0 17 d. Cle, 2-0 18 d. Cle., 5-3 19 d. Cle., 7-5 20 L, Det., 4-2 21 L, Det., 5-4 22 d. St.L, 11-7 23 W, StL, 9-3 24 d. StL, 8-3 25 d. Chi, 8-3 26 d. Chi., 3-2 27 D. Cle, 4-1 28 d. Cle, 3-2 29 d. Cle, 6-4 30 L, Chi, 8-7 31 L, Chi, 3-2 32 d. Chi, 7-2 33 d. Det., 14-4 34 L, Det., 7-2 35 d. Det., 5-4 36 d. StL, 9-1 37 d. StL, 7-5 38 d. Stl, 4-1 39 L, Phi, 7-6 40 d. Phi, 7-4 41 d. Was., 9-4 42 d. Was., 7-5 43 d. Bos., 7-2 44 d. Bos., 9-2 45 d. Bos, 8-4 46 d. Phi, 10-5 47 d. Phi., 8-4 48 d. Phi., 3-1 49 d. StL, 1-0 50 d. StL, 6-2 51 d. StL, 7-5 52 d. Chi, 8-1 53 d. Chi, 1-0 54 L, Chi, 7-1 55 d. Chi, 5-4 56 d. Cle, 10-3 TO

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MISCELLANY

* The Yankees’ record during the streak: 41-13, with two suspended games.

* When the streak started, DiMaggio was batting .306. When it ended, he was batting .375.

* DiMaggio struck out only five times during the streak.

* DiMaggio got a hit in his last at-bat nine times.

* In 34 of the games, DiMaggio only had one hit.

* When the streak began, the Yankees were 14-14, 5 1/2 games out of first. When the streak ended, the Yankees were 55-27, in first place, six games ahead of Cleveland.

* DiMaggio got a hit in 114 of 139 games he played in during 1941.