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In , a hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit. According to the Official Baseball Rules, such a streak is not necessarily ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a and no hit.

holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit .408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 and 55 runs batted in.

of the Arizona Diamondbacks holds the Major League Baseball postseason record with a streak of 20 consecutive games, with the streak beginning in his first playoff game appearance. The streak began in 2017 on October 14 and was broken up in Game 5 of the 2023 World Series on November 1st, striking out as the final batter for Arizona as the Texas Rangers won the series. Marte hit .352 during his streak (31-for-88), with 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in.

Major League Baseball
Regular season leaders
There have been 55 occurrences in Major League Baseball where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games. Multiple streaks in the same season have occurred in 1922 ( and ), 1987 ( and ), 1997 (Nomar Garciaparra and Sandy Alomar Jr.), 1999 (Vladimir Guerrero and Luis Gonzalez), 2006 ( and ), and 2011 ( and ). In addition, 1924 included one whole streak () and the beginning of another (). A similar event occurred in 2006 with two whole streaks ( and ) and the end of another ().

1 New York Yankees561941
2 Baltimore Orioles45 (44)1896–97
3 441978
4 421894
5 St. Louis Browns411922
6 401911
7 Milwaukee Brewers391987
8 Philadelphia Phillies38 (36)2005–06
9 Boston Braves371945
10 Washington Senators361896–97
11 Louisville Colonels351895
351917
St. Louis Browns35 (34)1924–25
352002
Philadelphia Phillies352006
16 St. Louis Browns341938
Boston Red Sox341949
San Diego Padres341987
19 New York Giants331893
New York Highlanders331907
St. Louis Cardinals331922
Washington Senators331933
332011
24 321922–23
321996–97
26 Louisville Colonels311885–86
Philadelphia Phillies311899
311906
Washington Senators311924
311965–66
Los Angeles Dodgers311969
311970
31 (30)1975–76
311980
311999
Kansas City Royals31 (11)2018–19
36 Chicago White Stockings301876
301895–96
301898
Boston Red Sox301912
Pittsburgh Pirates301922–23
Boston Braves301927–28
Washington Senators301929–30
301934
St. Louis Cardinals301950
Kansas City Royals301980
301989
Cleveland Indians301997
Boston Red Sox301997
Baltimore Orioles301998
Arizona Diamondbacks301999
St. Louis Cardinals302003
302006
New York Mets302007
Washington Nationals302009
Los Angeles Dodgers302011
302016

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.

This list omits of the 1887 American Association Philadelphia Athletics, who had a 52-game hitting streak. In 1887, the major leagues adopted a new rule which counted walks as hits, a rule which was dropped after that season. Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000 Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision, ruling that the statistics which were recognized in each year's official records should stand, even in cases where they were later proven incorrect. Paradoxically, the ruling affects only hit totals for the year; the batting champion for the year is not recognized as the all-time leader despite having the highest single-season average under the ruling, and Lyons' hitting streak is not recognized.

Ty Cobb, Sam Rice, and George Sisler are the only players with multiple streaks of 30 games or longer.

There have been 129 single-season streaks of 25 games or more. The lowest batting average ever recorded during a hitting streak of 25 games or more was .304 by Bruce Campbell in 1938. The highest was .486 during 's streak in 1930. Joe DiMaggio hit .408 during his record-holding 56-game streak. In probability theory, every baseball game is a in which a hitter either does or does not get a hit. DiMaggio's streak of 56 consecutive games with hits awaits an equal streak: "The probability is .0003 that a .350 hitter will have a hitting streak of at least 56 games in a season. If there are about four such seasons per year in the future, such a streak would be expected, assuming the Bernoulli trials model, every 1/(.0003 x 4) = 833 years."C.M. Grinstead, W.P. Peterson & J. Laurie Snell (2011) Probability Tales, page 37, American Mathematical Society

Postseason leaders
Key
*Active Hitting Streak
†Active Player during 2023 MLB Season
‡Member of Baseball Hall of Fame
''Source:

1716Houston Astros
1956–1958
1991–1993
7 Kansas City Royals152015
1995–1996
10‡Pittsburgh Pirates141960, 1971

Major League Baseball records by franchise
Only currently extant franchises are included on this list. Where a player had a significant streak while the team was in other than its current city, the records in these other cities are displayed. As above, for a multi-year streak, the single-season streak is shown in parentheses.http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitting_streaks.xls Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com, http://baseballevolution.com/richard/hitstreaks.html . The article and research are dated June 2009; retrieved March 8, 2012.

Arizona DiamondbacksLuis Gonzalez301999
(Boston Braves)371945
(Atlanta Braves)332011
(Milwaukee Braves)251956
Baltimore Orioles (St. Louis Browns)411922
Eric Davis (Baltimore Orioles)301998
Boston Red Sox341949
(Chicago Colts)421894
Chicago White Sox282004
441978
Cleveland Guardians (Cleveland Naps)311906
282014
401911
302006
Kansas City Royals312018–19
Los Angeles Angels281998
Los Angeles DodgersWillie Davis (Los Angeles Dodgers)311969
(Brooklyn Dodgers)291916
Luis Castillo (Florida Marlins)352002
Milwaukee Brewers (Milwaukee Brewers)391987
Tommy Davis (Seattle Pilots)181969
(Washington Senators)331933
(Minnesota Twins)311980
New York MetsMoisés Alou302007
New York Yankees561941
Oakland Athletics (Philadelphia Athletics)291925
(Oakland Athletics)251997
Héctor López (Kansas City Athletics)221957
(Kansas City Athletics)1958
Philadelphia Phillies38 (36)2005–06
Pittsburgh PiratesJimmy Williams271899
San Diego Padres341987
San Francisco GiantsGeorge Davis (New York Giants)331893
Jack Clark (San Francisco Giants)261978
272009
St. Louis Cardinals331922
Tampa Bay RaysYandy Díaz202024
Texas Rangers (Texas Rangers)282000
Ken McMullen (Washington Senators)191967
Toronto Blue Jays281999
Washington NationalsVladimir Guerrero (Montreal Expos)311999
(Washington Nationals)302009

Minor League Baseball leaders
The longest streaks in the history of Minor League Baseball and other professional baseball leagues:

1Western League691919
2Pacific Coast League611933
3Román MejíasBig State League551954
4Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League501922
502016
6Pacific Coast League491915
Southern League491945
8Johnny BatesSouthern League461925
9California League452009
10International League432007
Doc MarshallAmerican Association431935
431947
American Association431961
14Herbert ChapmanSoutheastern League421950
International League421912
16Pacific Coast League411933
Randy César412018
18Jason James402009
West Texas–New Mexico League401953
20392017
21South Atlantic League382007
Eastern League381925
Paul OwensPONY League381951
24North American League372012
American Association371937
Pacific Coast League371989
Bobby Treviño371969
Florida State League372010
29Bill SweeneyInternational League361935
Florida State League361951
31California League351992
South Atlantic League351999
Kevin Holt351996–97
Pacific Coast League352018
35Southern League331987
Florida State League332007
37Pioneer League322006
321997
321997
Eastern League321986
41Pacific Coast League312002
Florida State League311998
Jeremy Carr311997
Pedro GuerreroPacific Coast League311979
45Golden Baseball League302005
Mike Galloway302005
Pioneer League302003
Michael Robertson302001
American Association301995
Pacific Coast League301990

DiMaggio set the Minor League record as a member of the San Francisco Seals. Unrecognized by Minor League Baseball is the 69 game hitting streak by in 1919. Wilhoit was in the independent Western League at the time and his record is considered the all-time Professional Baseball record.

See also
  • Scoreless innings streak
  • List of Major League Baseball individual streaks

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