Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak

UKRedSox · 06-11-2016, 06:07 AM

Anyone ever broken this in one of their games?

Currently have Nolan Arenado on 36 in my game, the nearest I have ever seen to 56.

UKRedSox · 06-11-2016, 06:28 AM

Well that jinxed that run on the 56 game hitting streak record.

Next day he went hitless

Motorhead667 · 06-11-2016, 08:15 AM

Ouch!
Sorry.

BigRed75 · 06-11-2016, 08:28 AM

I've been playing OOTP for years and never seen anyone come close.

Just shows what an accomplishment Joe D's streak really was...

ohiodevil · 06-11-2016, 08:32 AM

Closest I have seen in one of my games was 41 games.

Barkingturtle · 06-11-2016, 09:06 AM

My second baseman once went on a 44 game streak, back when I played out every pitch of every game in version 12 or 13, maybe. Still the longest I've seen in one of my games -- and still the most memorable season I've had because of it.

grmagne · 06-11-2016, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by UKRedSox

Anyone ever broken this in one of their games?

Currently have Nolan Arenado on 36 in my game, the nearest I have ever seen to 56.

The best I've ever had from one of my players is 39 games, tying Paul Molitor. But I did last month an AI player reached 60 games in the 1947 season of a fictional league (bottom-left corner of the Streaks screenshot).

Padreman · 06-11-2016, 10:59 AM

Yup had two guys in one season murder the record
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...at-streak.html

jpeters1734 · 06-11-2016, 11:26 AM

The streak is a magnificent record that will stand the test of time. Especially in today's environment with OBP being more valued than BA. Here's a great paper published by Harvard on the subject http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/ic...o%20Streak.pdf

Le Grande Orange · 06-11-2016, 01:17 PM

What's really interesting is that DiMaggio had a 61-game hitting streak in 1933 while playing for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. He was only 18 years old.

The minor league record, incidentally, is 69 games, set by Joe Wilhoit in 1919.

kq76 · 06-11-2016, 02:03 PM

2 other interesting facts about the streak:

-the streak ended with Indians third baseman Ken Keltner making two terrific back handed stops to rob DiMaggio of two hits.

-Dimaggio would, after going hitless that one game, immediately go on another hit streak of 16 games, which means that if Keltner hadn't made those 2 great defensive plays then Dimaggio's MLB streak would have been an even more amazing 73 games!

There are even more interesting facts about the streak. EDIT: My favourite of those being:

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12. The streak almost ended at 35. On June 24 against St. Louis, DiMaggio was hitless when he batted in the seventh inning, and Browns manager Luke Sewell ordered Bob Muncrief to "walk him!" Muncrief refused, Sewell relented and DiMaggio singled.

RubeBaker · 06-11-2016, 02:13 PM

No one has came close in my OOTP replays. I always thought Ichiro would have been the one to break DiMaggio's record in real-life and OOTP. I think of it as similar to someone hitting .400 in the modern era.

kq76 · 06-11-2016, 02:50 PM

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... Especially in today's environment with OBP being more valued than BA. ...[/URL]

That's a good point and I'm one of those people who value OBP more than BA, but I also very much appreciate Ted Williams' 84 game on-base streak. It should maybe be even more impressive. I get that getting a hit is probably more a function of something the hitter did than a walk is, but getting a walk still takes something by a hitter. All it takes is one manager deciding to walk a hitter most or even all of his plate appearances (see Maddon-Harper) to end the streak and the only reason you'd do that is because you're afraid the hitter will do even more damage otherwise.

Probably the reason why Williams' streak is not more talked about is OBP appreciation is still relatively new. One day, far from now if ever I'm sure, maybe it'll be Williams' streak that gets all the attention instead.

FWIW, Joe DiMaggio's on-base streak was 74. He walked in the game before the streak started and he walked in the game it ended. And as impressive as that is, Ted Williams' streak was still 10 games more!

Ty Cobb · 06-12-2016, 12:59 PM

by Rod Carew.

RchW · 06-12-2016, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ty Cobb

by Rod Carew.

And he would have been a real life candidate. What was his longest streak IRL?

Hammercraft · 06-12-2016, 06:12 PM

I had a player go for 45 games, my longest yet in a couple hundred years of combined sims

Hammercraft · 06-13-2016, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by kq76

That's a good point and I'm one of those people who value OBP more than BA, but I also very much appreciate Ted Williams' 84 game on-base streak. It should maybe be even more impressive. I get that getting a hit is probably more a function of something the hitter did than a walk is, but getting a walk still takes something by a hitter. All it takes is one manager deciding to walk a hitter most or even all of his plate appearances (see Maddon-Harper) to end the streak and the only reason you'd do that is because you're afraid the hitter will do even more damage otherwise.

Probably the reason why Williams' streak is not more talked about is OBP appreciation is still relatively new. One day, far from now if ever I'm sure, maybe it'll be Williams' streak that gets all the attention instead.

FWIW, Joe DiMaggio's on-base streak was 74. He walked in the game before the streak started and he walked in the game it ended. And as impressive as that is, Ted Williams' streak was still 10 games more!

From 2002-2004 Barry Bonds did not reach base in only 23 games.

The Game · 06-13-2016, 06:00 AM

in my ABF league, which is sim only for now. Ty Cobb had a 76 game streak back around 1921. In my EBL vs MLB, the league record for each of the 3 ML's is 35 games.

tlowe77 · 06-13-2016, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kq76

That's a good point and I'm one of those people who value OBP more than BA, but I also very much appreciate Ted Williams' 84 game on-base streak. It should maybe be even more impressive. I get that getting a hit is probably more a function of something the hitter did than a walk is, but getting a walk still takes something by a hitter. All it takes is one manager deciding to walk a hitter most or even all of his plate appearances (see Maddon-Harper) to end the streak and the only reason you'd do that is because you're afraid the hitter will do even more damage otherwise.

Probably the reason why Williams' streak is not more talked about is OBP appreciation is still relatively new. One day, far from now if ever I'm sure, maybe it'll be Williams' streak that gets all the attention instead.

FWIW, Joe DiMaggio's on-base streak was 74. He walked in the game before the streak started and he walked in the game it ended. And as impressive as that is, Ted Williams' streak was still 10 games more!

An At-Bat has to be recorded for a hitting streak to end, so if a batter had 5 Plate Appearances and he was walked in all of them the streak continues.

Look under "Determining player performance streaks:"
Rules, Regulations and Statistics | MLB.com

Number4 · 06-13-2016, 09:51 AM

You've only got 4 or 5 plate apperances in every game. If you lose some of that to walks, either full-on intentional or the pitching around kind of semi-intentional, you're suddenly down to 1 or 2 at-bats for you to continue your hitting streak. No one can sustain a hitting streak if a opposing manager decides that walking the hot batter is a lesser risk than letting him hit in most situations. If you bat a pretty hot .400 and an opposing manager decides to walk you often, leading to 2 at bats per game for a 3-game series, your chance of continuing your streak is only slightly better than 1/4 (26.2%)

06-11-2016, 06:07 AM	#1
UKRedSox Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cumbria/Isle of Wight, England Posts: 416	Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak Anyone ever broken this in one of their games? Currently have Nolan Arenado on 36 in my game, the nearest I have ever seen to 56.

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BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,423	I've been playing OOTP for years and never seen anyone come close. Just shows what an accomplishment Joe D's streak really was... __________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb

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Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,131	Yup had two guys in one season murder the record http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...at-streak.html __________________ Chargers= Despicable Traitors

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jpeters1734 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Juust a bit outside... Posts: 6,296	The streak is a magnificent record that will stand the test of time. Especially in today's environment with OBP being more valued than BA. Here's a great paper published by Harvard on the subject http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/ic...o%20Streak.pdf __________________ "Cannonball Coming!" Go Bucs!! Founder and League Caretaker of the Professional Baseball Circuit, www.probaseballcircuit.com An Un-Official Guide to Minor League Management in OOTP 21 Ratings Scale Conversion Cross-Reference Cheat Sheet

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06-11-2016, 06:28 AM	#2
UKRedSox Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cumbria/Isle of Wight, England Posts: 416	Well that jinxed that run on the 56 game hitting streak record. Next day he went hitless

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Motorhead667 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 576	Ouch! Sorry.

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ohiodevil OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rocky River, Ohio Posts: 2,443	Closest I have seen in one of my games was 41 games.

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Barkingturtle Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 99	My second baseman once went on a 44 game streak, back when I played out every pitch of every game in version 12 or 13, maybe. Still the longest I've seen in one of my games -- and still the most memorable season I've had because of it.

06-11-2016, 01:17 PM	#10
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,642	What's really interesting is that DiMaggio had a 61-game hitting streak in 1933 while playing for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. He was only 18 years old. The minor league record, incidentally, is 69 games, set by Joe Wilhoit in 1919.

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RubeBaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Posts: 641	No one has came close in my OOTP replays. I always thought Ichiro would have been the one to break DiMaggio's record in real-life and OOTP. I think of it as similar to someone hitting .400 in the modern era.

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Hammercraft All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 728	I had a player go for 45 games, my longest yet in a couple hundred years of combined sims

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The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	in my ABF league, which is sim only for now. Ty Cobb had a 76 game streak back around 1921. In my EBL vs MLB, the league record for each of the 3 ML's is 35 games. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

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Number4 Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 460	You've only got 4 or 5 plate apperances in every game. If you lose some of that to walks, either full-on intentional or the pitching around kind of semi-intentional, you're suddenly down to 1 or 2 at-bats for you to continue your hitting streak. No one can sustain a hitting streak if a opposing manager decides that walking the hot batter is a lesser risk than letting him hit in most situations. If you bat a pretty hot .400 and an opposing manager decides to walk you often, leading to 2 at bats per game for a 3-game series, your chance of continuing your streak is only slightly better than 1/4 (26.2%) __________________ "Odor is now 2 for 5 today" (Commentator, after Rougned Odor, up to then 1 for 4, punched Jose Bautista square in the face.)