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DiMaggio Sets Longest Hit Streak to Break Keeler Record
Joe DiMaggio extended his consecutive games hitting streak to forty five, surpassing Willie Keeler's 1897 mark and George Sisler's modern 41, with 63 hits in 167 at bats for a .377 average during the stretch. The streak featured four-hit games against Washington and Detroit, boosting the Yankees to the top of the American League.
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