56 Game Hitting Streak

May 15th was the 80th Anniversary of the beginning of the Joe Dimaggio 56 game hitting streak..
Dimaggios 56 game hitting streak began in 1941,

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Dimaagio actually had a longer hitting steak in the Minors of 61 games.
The longest professional baseball hitting streak is 69 games by Joe Wilhoyt.

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I have been a teacher and coach at Guthrie Public Schools for almost 30 years. I taught Special Education for the first 18 years of my teaching career and have taught US History and AP US for the last 10. I have been a coach at the High School level for 30 years and have been a Head Coach in multiple sports, most recently being Baseball at Guthrie High School. I love baseball and I love the Dodgers, and being located in Oklahoma, I have the chance to go to several Drillers and OKC games each year and love covering the Minor League teams.

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