Some general, rambling information you may or may not know about hitting streaks so far in 2007. 

Who has the longest hitting streak in professional baseball so far in 2007? Mitch Hilligoss - 38 games – This is an ACTIVE STREAK!

Yes, Mitch Hilligoss of the Class A Charleston River Dogs is currently riding a 38 game hit streak.  He recently broke the South Atlantic League record held formerly by Scott Seabol at 35 games and on Friday he went 1-for-5 to earn himself a tie for the 13th longest streak in minor league baseball history.  Charleston was rained out and did not play on Saturday.

Currently the second longest hitting streak in pro baseball belongs to...Brandon Watson.  The Columbus Clippers (AAA) OF is currently riding a 30-game streak after going 2-for-5 on Saturday.

Hitting Streak Trivia - Can you name the player with the longest hitting streak in minor league history? How about the second longest?  (answer below)

The longest hitting streak in the majors this year belongs to Ichiro Suzuki who on Friday broke the Seattle Mariners team record formerly held by Joey Cora with a hit in his 25th straight game.  That streak ended Saturday in Texas but for Ichiro it was the fifth streak of 20 games or longer of his major league career and also gave him six of the top 10 hitting streaks in Mariner history.

Top Ten Hitting Streaks – Mariner History

Ironically as Ichiro was passing Cora for the team record on Friday, Hilligoss was extending his own streak to 38 games and in the process, moving himself ahead of Cora on the all-time minor league list.  Cora hit safely in 37 straight games for Las Vegas (PCL) in 1989.

Ichiro's 25-gamer surpassed the previous 2007 ML best streak of 23 games set by Torii Hunter (Apr. 11 - May 9).  Hunter is now tied for the second longest streak along with Kevin Youkilis who saw his own 23-gamer also come to an end on Saturday against New York. 

And once again with a twist of irony as those two streaks came to an end, the longest current active hitting streak in the majors fell upon Ichiro’s own teammate, Yuniesky Betancourt who has now hit safely in 14 straight games.   He went 1-for-3 in the win against the Rangers on Saturday as did fellow Mariner Raul Ibanez who extended his own streak to 10 straight.

Top 10 Major League Hitting Streaks – 2007 (through 6/2)

Hitting Streak Trivia Answer – Joe Wilhoit hit safely in 69 straight games for Wichita (WL) in 1919.  Wilhoit hit an astounding .505 (155-for-299) during his streak.  The second longest hitting streak in minor league history belongs to the Yankee Clipper himself, Joe DiMaggio who hit safely in 61 straight for the San Francisco Seals in 1933, eight years before he would set the major league standard of 56 straight.

Top Minor League Hitting Streaks All-Time