Hitting streak

From BR Bullpen

A hitting streak is a stretch of consecutive games in which a batter records at least one hit. The rules regarding hitting streaks count a streak as neither ending nor being increased by one game if the batter doesn't get at least one legitimate chance at a hit, i.e. at least one plate appearance ending in either an at bat or sacrifice fly. This includes not only games in which the batter receives a walk, hit by pitch, or sacrifice hit in each plate appearance, but also games in which he is not in the lineup. A hitting streak can also be terminated by the last game of the season.

[edit] Further Reading

Michael Freiman: "56-Game Hitting Streaks Revisited", in The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Number 31, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2003, pp. 11-15.
Trent McCotter: "DiMaggio's Challengers", in The Baseball Research Journal, Number 35 (2007), SABR, Cleveland, OH, pp. 82-83.
Trent McCotter: "More on Streaks", in The Baseball Research Journal, Number 36 (2007), SABR, Cleveland, OH, pp. 44-45.