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1997 Cleve 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 HR 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 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit 1966 Matthew Maynard, cricketer, big hitting Glamorgan and England player 1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954-65) 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 HR 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; Yanks 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 "Joltin'" 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 HR on Oct 14th 1862 Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18

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