When Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games in 1941, he broke this man's American League record of 41 games set in 1922, the year he won the AL MVP award and had a career best .420 batting average.
When Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games in 1941, he broke this man's American League record of 41 games set in 1922, the year he won the AL MVP award and had a career best .420 batting average. Ty Cobb once called him the closest thing to a perfect player, but he was virtually unknown until 2004 when his major league record, which he achieved while playing every inning of all 154 games in the 1920 season, was broken. FTP name this St. Louis Brown whose record of 257 hits in a season was broken by Ichiro.
When Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games in 1941, he broke this man's American League record of 41 games set in 1922, the year he won the AL MVP award and had a career best .420 batting average.
George "the Sizzler" {Sisler}