Unbelievable Streak: The Untold Story Behind Baseball’s Longest Home Run Run
Below is a list of the most consecutive games with a home run in AL/NL history, with the current record set a half-century after the start of the modern era in 1901.Â
Most Consecutive Games With a Home Run
T-1. 8 – Dale Long, Pittsburgh Pirates (05/19/1956 – 05/28/1956)  
In 1956, Long, a relatively unknown first baseman, set the MLB record for longest home run streak. Entering that stretch, the Pirates held a 12-14 record but only dropped one of the next eight games in which Long went long. He narrowly managed to hit a dinger in seven straight games, knocking one out in the eighth inning in a win against the Philadelphia Phillies. And his record-breaking homer came in a 3-2 Pirates victory against the Brooklyn Dodgers, where he hit a solo shot against Carl Erskine. However, Long’s hopes of extending the streak to nine were ground to a halt when he went hitless in four at-bats the next day.



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