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Met record book inquiry

AG/DC Aug 11 2008 11:56 AM

Longest hit streak from the start of a career by a Met? I thought it would be Jefferies 1988, but then I forgot he did some pinch-hitting in 1987.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 11 2008 12:03 PM

I believe that was Mitch Kumstein back in 76.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 11 2008 12:08 PM

I'm looking now. The highest I've found so far is Mike Cameron with 7. Doing a more thorough search...

AG/DC Aug 11 2008 12:21 PM

Well, I'm thinking the actual start of a career, although the start of a Met career is compelling also. I realize now that Murphy is ineligible, as he had a pinch-walk in the only plate appearance of his second game.

Kong76 Aug 11 2008 12:22 PM

Mike Vail got a hit in all but 5 of his 38 or so games in 1975. Doesn't answer the question but I felt like telling someone since I counted it all up.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 11 2008 12:24 PM

There are three players who started their Mets career with hitting streaks of ten or more games: Johnny Lewis (11), Rick Cerone (10) and Robin Ventura (10). For start of a career (no previous service with any other team) it looks like Keith Miller with 7, followed by Dave Schneck with 6. Jeff Gardner had 5 and Ron Hodges, Bobby Pfeil, and Benny Ayala had 4.

AG/DC Aug 11 2008 12:33 PM

Wondermints. I remember Miller starting his career batting .375 or so. All that's left then is to see who has the on-base record that Murphy is stomping all over.

HahnSolo Aug 11 2008 12:33 PM

AG/DC wrote: Well, I'm thinking the actual start of a career, although the start of a Met career is compelling also. I realize now that Murphy is ineligible, as he had a pinch-walk in the only plate appearance of his second game. That wouldn't make him ineligible, would it?

AG/DC Aug 11 2008 12:49 PM

Hit streaks end if you walk your way through a game, to my understanding. Unfair but there it is.

G-Fafif Aug 11 2008 12:53 PM

KC wrote: Mike Vail got a hit in all but 5 of his 38 or so games in 1975. Doesn't answer the question but I felt like telling someone since I counted it all up. Any excuse to invoke Mike Vail's 1975 is a spectacularly valid one.

RealityChuck Aug 11 2008 01:20 PM

="AG/DC"]Hit streaks end if you walk your way through a game, to my understanding. Unfair but there it is. Not so. According to the [url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp]MLB Site[/url]: ="MLB"]Consecutive-Game Hitting Streaks: A consecutive-game hitting streak shall not be terminated if all the player's plate appearances (one or more) results in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit. The player's individual consecutive-game hitting streak shall be determined by the consecutive games in which the player appears and is not determined by his club's games. (bolding added)

AG/DC Aug 11 2008 01:43 PM

That's great (for Murphy)! Wikipedia says otherwise, but there's enough ambiguity between the second and third sentence that I should've guessed they got it wrong. I'll fix it later.

AG/DC Aug 11 2008 02:17 PM

Streak still alive.