This day in baseball: Holmes’s hit streak continues
Posted: July 6, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Braves, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League, Pete Rose, Rogers Hornsby, sports, Tommy Holmes Leave a commentOn July 6, 1945, Braves outfielder Tommy Holmes hit safely in his 34th consecutive game, surpassing Rogers Hornsby’s modern National League record set in 1922. Holmes would extend the streak to 37 consecutive games, with this mark lasting until Pete Rose surpassed it 33 years later in 1978 with a 44-game streak.
Holmes in 1952 (Public Domain)
