I always enjoyed that tidbit in the Sun Times sports section growing up. I always enjoyed reading what happened on this day in sports history. I still like that today. I like when this info is mixed into a broadcast; Pat Hughes throws that in from time to time, at least when I listen to the radio. Len will also mention it at times. May 15th had some pretty cool things happen in baseball history.
Both of these things that happened are part of that category of baseball records that may never be broken. On this day in 1941, Joe DiMaggio got a hit in the Yankees 13-1 loss against none other than the White Sox. The significance of his hit, of course, was the start of his historic 56 game hitting streak. That is one record that may never be broken.
It’s a third of a season! The closest to that was done 44 years earlier, when Willie Keeler hit safely in 45 straight games. I remember the longest Cubs hitting streak back in 1989 by rookie Jerome Walton. It ended after 30 games. The longest White Sox hitting streak was El Caballo, Carlos Lee back in 2004 with 28 straight. If you add those together, we’d have beat Joe D. Who has the best chance to break those streaks today? I’d have to say Kris Bryant. For the Sox, maybe Avisail? I’m kind of surprised that two of the greatest hitters that I saw growing up never broke 30. Tony Gwynn and Wade Boggs would have been perfect candidates. Pete Rose had 44, Paul Molitor 39, and George Brett 30 were other greats that did. Speaking of May 15th, that’s Brett’s birthday.
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Jake could have done it a couple more time during his dominant couple years. He’s been normal lately, but still might have one more in him. I would have thought Sale when he was with the Sox; guess Quintana is the best bet now. I always wanted to be in attendance for a no hitter. Call it my baseball bucket list. I still have never caught a foul ball either.
So there you go. A little research and some notable events on this 15th of May. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
MK
On this day in time is a pretty cool feature. The 56 game hit streak and 7 no hitters are 2 records that might live forever. Joe D and the Ryan express are hall of famers that deserve those records. Would hate for either of them to be broken by some average joe. Another Nolan Ryan record that may never get broken is career strikeouts. He ended with 5,714, which is 800+ more than second place. Who has a chance to get anywhere near that? Cc Sabathia has the most on the active list and isnt even halfway there. Pretty amazing records!