Seattle minor leaguer James McOwen extended his hitting streak to 44 games with a broken bat single in his final at bat last night. This ties him with Pete Rose for the longest hitting streak in professional baseball since 1954.

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Watch out Joltin’ Joe, here comes James McOwen. The Mariners farmhand plays for High Desert in the California League, and he’s currently got a 42 game hitting streak going. The record for a minor league player in the modern era is held by Joe DiMaggio, who had a hit in a streak of 61 games while playing for the San Francisco Seals. There was also a streak of 69 games by Joe Wilhoit in 1919, although records of that streak are sketchy at best. DiMaggio of course holds the major league mark at 56 games. McOwen is just the 2nd minor league player since 1961 to have a streak of 40 games or more.

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