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ALEXANDER’S STREAK ENDS AT 42 GAMES
SUPERSTAR’S HITTING STREAK ESTABLISHES NEW NBBO RECORD

PHILADELPHIA (May 22, 1868) – Quaker State (7-6) had an easy afternoon in the Philadelphia Cricket Grounds, battering Port Jersey (3-10) by the score of 12-2, led by an eight-run bottom of the first that effectively ended the contest.

All eyes were on Quaker St. first baseman Cormack Alexander with the hope that he would continue his hitting streak. Given the outcome it would have been safe to assume Alexander did hit the ball successfully, but even though Alexander scored a run and reached twice via Base on Balls he went hitless, ending his record-setting streak at 42 games.

The new record Alexander set is one game better than William McQuaid’s 41-game streak that started during the 1862 season and ended on June 28th, 1863. Alexander’s streak started with Kings County’s 42nd game of 1868, an 11-10 win over Excelsior in which Alexander hit 3/5, and the final game of the streak was Quaker St.’s 2-1 win over Port Jersey on Thursday in which Alexander was 1/4 with a single in his final time to bat.

Aside from setting a new record, Alexander’s 42-game streak was the second 40-game Hitting Streak in NBBO history and the first to end at thirty or more games since William Johnson’s 32-game streak ended on July 14th of last year.

Cormack Alexander is batting .358 with an .848 OPS after thirteen games with his new team – not up to his career norms but Alexander is currently Quaker St.’s second-best hitter Gregersen Rohrmann.