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Unbelievable Hitting Streaks That Shook AL and NL Baseball History!

FILE - In this July 8, 1941, file photo, Joe DiMaggio, right, of the New York Yankees, congratulates Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams whose ninth inning homer defeated the national league All Stars, 7-5, in Detroit, Mich. A new film explores the life of baseball legend Williams who struggled with his Mexican-American heritage and his volatile relationship with his family and the press. The upcoming PBS "American Masters" documentary on the former Boston Red Sox slugger uses rare footage and family interviews to paint a picture of a complicated figure that hid his past but later spoke out and defended black players. (AP Photo/File)
Joe DiMaggio, right, of the New York Yankees, congratulates Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams, whose ninth-inning homer defeated the National League All-Stars in Detroit in 1941. (AP Photo/File)

How impressive is the Yankee Clipper’s hitting streak? It’s been more than 80 years since he put it together and no one has come within 10 games of the mark. The closest has been all-time hits leader Pete Rose’s 44-game streak in 1978.

Here is more on those marks, along with the other longest hitting streaks in the American and National Leagues in the modern era (since 1901). MLB’s official hit streak criteria apply here, so all games with at least one at-bat or sacrifice fly.

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