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1997 Cleveland Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games

1997 Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends

1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game

1994 Tigers tie record of hitting home runs in 25th consecutive games

1994 Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend

1992 Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman

1991 Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch

1991 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5

1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 home runs as a catcher

1989 5 days after hitting a home run for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners,

1987 Benito Santiago ends longest catcher/rookie hitting streak at 34

1987 Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games

1987 Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games

1984 Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50

1980 George Brett ends hitting streak at 30

1980 Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games

1978 Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games

1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)

1978 Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44

1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games

1978 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games

1975 Mike Vail extends hitting streak ton rookie-record 23 straight game

1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th

1969 Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots

1968 Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games

1966 Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit

1966 Matthew Maynard, cricketer, big hitting Glamorgan and England player

1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954 - 1965) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team

1962 Ron Johnson, Australian baseball hitting coach 1996 Olympics

1961 St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws

1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium

1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor

1950 Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time

1948 Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23

1946 2-for-42 and hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball

1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games

1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland

1941 Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game

1941 DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)

1941 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record

1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yankees lose 13-1

1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League

1930 Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games

1929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games

1928 Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees

1927 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games

1923 Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403

1922 Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games

1914 Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper, 56 game hitting streak

1911 White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak

1904 Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High

1902 Arthur Wellard, cricketer, big hitting Somerset and England batsman

1862 James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th

1862 Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting home run, dies 10/18


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