On September 3, 2007, Ichiro Suzuki, with a home run against Yankees starter Roger Clemens, collects his 200th hit of the season for the seventh consecutive year. The Mariner outfielder joins Wee Willie Keeler (Orioles and Brooklyn Grooms/Superbas, 1894-1901) and Wade Boggs (Red Sox, 1983-1989) as only the third player to accomplish the feat, andâŠ
PODCAST On August 1, 1978, the hitting streak of Cincinnati Reds star Pete Rose ends at 44 games. Rose goes 0-for-4, in the Redsâ 16-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Rose made the final out of the game striking out vs Gene Garber on a change up. Roseâs 44-game streak sets a new modern-day NationalâŠ
On July 12, 1945, At Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs stop Tommy Holmesâs modern-day National League-record hitting streak at 37 games, beating the Boston Braves, 6 â 1, behind Hank Wyse, for their 11th victory in a row. The Braves take game two, 3 â 1, as Claude Passeau loses his first after nine straight wins. Holmes hit .433 during the streak and willâŠ
The Braves sweep the Pirates, 13 â 5 and 14 â 8, as Butch Nieman hits a pinch grand slam in the opener. In the second game, Tommy Holmes hits in his 34th consecutive game to pass Rogers Hornsbyâs modern National League record of 33 in 1922; Willie Keeler had 44 in the 19th Century.
On July 2, 1941, On a sweltering day in front of 52,832 fans at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio sets a new major league record by hitting in his 45th consecutive game when he hits a three-run homer off Red Sox hurler Dick Newsome. The âYankee Clipperâ surpasses Wee Willie Keelerâs 1897 major league mark ofâŠ
On January 24, 1939, the baseball writers select Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler to the Hall of Fame. Sisler set a major league season-record (later broken by Ichiro Suzuki) with 257 hits in 1920 and batted .420 in 1922 on his way to a .340 career batting average. Collins batted an even .333âŠ
  On January 1, 1923, 19th century star Wee Willie Keeler dies at the age of 50. Having promised his fans and former teammates heâd live to see 1923, Wee Willie Keeler dies on New Yearâs Day of that year as a result of heart failure. The five-foot, four-and-a-half-inch Keeler amassed 2,932 hits, andâŠ
In the New York Evening Journalâ 80s player-manager Sam Crane picks his all-time listâ in response to a list that Charles Comiskey compiled. Crane graciously faults Comiskey for not including himselfâ as well as for not going back far enough. He lists 20 in chronological order: G. Wrightâ Ross Barnesâ C. Ansonâ M. Kellyâ C. Radbourne F. Dunlapâ B. Ewingâ J. Wardâ C. Comiskeyâ B. Langeâ J. McGrawâ L. Lajoieâ F. Clarkeâ H. Wagnerâ W. Keelerâ J. Collinsâ C. Mathewsonâ H. Chaseâ T. Cobbâ and E. Collins.
Kid Elberfeld, the hot-headed Tabasco Kid, assaults umpire Silk OâLoughlin and is forcibly removed by police in the first game of a doubleheader, a 4 â 3 New York win over the Athletics. In the second game, New York baserunner Willie Keeler collides with SS Lave Cross trying to field a ground ball, and two runs score. OâLoughlin sees no interference, a call so hotly disputed by Aâs captain Harry Davis that, after eight minutes of arguing, the umpire forfeits the game to New York. For New York, it is a major-league record 5th straight doubleheader sweep in consecutive days.
Wee Willie Keeler strikes out for only the second time this season, both times by spitballer Ed Walsh of the White Sox.
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