Roberto Clemente’s World Series Hitting Streak

Roberto Clemente was one of the pioneers of the game of baseball for the Latin community when he was with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Clemente was a force to be reckoned with on the field in the regular season but in the postseason and the World Series Clemente seemed to take it up another notch or maybe even two.

On this day in 1971 Clemente hit a fourth inning home run off the Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Cuellar to put the Pirates ahead 1-0 and break the scoreless tie in Game 7. Clemente had hit safely in all seven games of the 1971 World Series, a feat that he also accomplished last time he was in the World Series in 1960.

In 1960 Clemente had a seven game World Series hitting streak and was rewarded with a World Series ring. In 1971 Clemente extended his World Series hitting streak and was rewarded with a second World Series ring. Just get Clemente to October and he will take care of the rest. 

This Day In New York Yankees History 6/29

On this day in 1941 Joe DiMaggio and the Yankees played in a double header with the Washington Senators. The wins and losses didn't matter as much as the fact that DiMaggio tied and then broke the American League record for consecutive games with a hit, previously held by George Sisler with 41 straight games with a hit. DiMaggio had a seventh inning single off Walt Masteron to break the tie with Sisler.

On this day in 2000 the New York Yankees tried multiple times to bolster their offense in trades and failed to get Juan Gonzalez and Sammy Sosa before settling for David Justice from the Cleveland Indians for Ricky Ledee and two players to be named later. That trade kind of worked, no?

This Day In New York Yankees History 6/22

On this day in 1941 the New York Yankees established a new major league record for consecutive games with a home run when Joe DiMaggio hit a historic home run in the sixth inning of a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. In the game the Yankees passed the Tigers old record, which was ironic, and Joe D also extended his own consecutive game hitting streak to 35 games.