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Tommy Holmes consecutive game hit record...
Tommy Holmes consecutive game hit record...
Item # 568719
July 13, 1945
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 13, 1945
* Tommy Holmes breaks record
* National League consecutive game hitting streak ends
* MLB Baseball - Boston Braves
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "HOLMES IS STOPPED; CUBS, BRAVES SPLIT" "37-Game Hitting Streak Halted as Bruins Win 11th in Row..." with box scores and photo of Holmes. (see)
Tells of Tommy Holmes record breaking National League record ending at 37 games. This record would last 33 years when Pete Rose broke it in 1978.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Thomas Francis Holmes (March 29, 1917 — April 14, 2008) was an American right and center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career for the Boston Braves. He batted over .300 every year from 1944 through 1948, peaking with a .352 mark in 1945 when he finished second in the National League batting race and was runner-up for the NL's Most Valuable Player Award, and retired with a career .302 average.
Holmes was born in Brooklyn, New York. One of the most popular players in the twilight years of the Boston Braves, "Kelly" Holmes finished second in MVP voting in the National League in 1945, when he had led the NL in hits (224), home runs (28) and doubles (47). That season, Holmes set a modern NL record by hitting safely in 37 consecutive games from June 6 through July 8 (Bill Dahlen and Willie Keeler had longer streaks in the 1890s). His mark was broken in 1978 by Pete Rose.
Category: The 20th Century
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