Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is widely considered the most untouchable record in sports. It’s such a preposterous record that it’s a mathematical feat to merely calculate the odds of ...

Last Saturday night, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier was unable to collect a base hit against New York Mets pitching. Prior to that game, Ethier had compiled a 30-game hitting streak. Had ...

1939 — Henry Picard beats Byron Nelson 1-up in 37 holes to win the PGA championship. 1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 games is stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 ...

The Athletic’s Jayson Stark was the one who pointed out the similarities. Hitters against Walker this year are hitting .353 with a 1.074 OPS. In 1941, DiMaggio hit .357 with a 1.083 OPS, which was ...

Report suggests slugger may have benefited from cozy relationship with scorer. Oct. 7, 2007 — -- October is the month of baseball's World Series, so it is an appropriate time to consider "56*," ...

Everyone knows about Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak. But did you know Ted Williams once had an 84-game on-base streak? Williams accomplished that feat during the 1949 season, setting a Modern ...

Singing with the Les Brown band, she celebrated the Yankee star’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941. She also performed on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.” By Richard Sandomir A federal judge ...

1924 — Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves. 1925 — Tris Speaker is the 5th player to reach 3,000 hits. 1936 — Carl Hubbell’s 24-game winning ...