Mejia Extends Hit Streak To 49 Games
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LONGEST HIT STREAKS, PRO BASEBALL | |
Streak | Player (League), Year |
69 | Joe Wilhoit (Western), 1919 |
61 | Joe DiMaggio (Pacific Coast), 1933 |
56 | Joe DiMaggio (American), 1941 |
55 | Roman Mejias (Big State), 1954 |
50 | Otto Pahlman (Three-I League), 1922 |
49 | Francisco Mejia (Midwest/Carolina), 2016 |
49 | Jack Ness (Pacific Coast), 1915 |
49 | Harry Chozen (Southern Association), 1945 |
46 | Johnny Bates (Southern Association), 1925 |
45 | James McOwen (California), 2009 |
45 | Wee Willie Keeler (National), 1896-1897 |
44 | Pete Rose (National), 1978 |
Sources: Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, The Story Of Minor League Baseball, Google Newspaper Archive Bolded entries are from Major League Baseball |
Francisco Mejia’s hit streak has not been slowed by promotion or rumored trade. It has survived illness and injury. And now, it’s reaching truly lofty heights.
After sitting out two games with the flu, Mejia singled to center field in the sixth inning against Winston-Salem (White Sox) on Friday night to extend his hitting streak to 49, tying him with Jack Ness for the fifth-longest hitting streak in the history of the minor leagues. It’s the sixth-longest of all professional baseball once you include Joe DiMaggio’s major league record 56-game streak.
Mejia’s streak is already the longest since Minor League Baseball reorganized into its modern format in 1963. Only one hitter, Roman Mejias in 1954, has had a longer hitting streak since professional baseball was integrated in 1946.
Mejia’s last hitless game came back on May 25 when he was playing for low Class A Lake County. He finished his Midwest League career with a 24-game hitting streak. After being promoted to the Carolina League, Mejia had to take a break to play in the Futures Game, but the cross-country trip did nothing to slow him down.
Mejia’s 25-game Carolina League hitting streak also puts the league record in reach as he’s chasing Pat Cooper’s 31-game hit streak set in 1948.
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