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HUFF’S HITTING STREAK HITS 60 GAMES
ALL-STAR UNION RF NOW HAS BASEBALL’S LONGEST EVER HIT STREAK BY 18 GAMES

NEW YORK CITY (July 26, 1871) – HE…SIMPLY…CAN…NOT…STOP…HITTING.

With a two-run Triple in the top of the 3rd inning of an 8-0 win at Mercury on Wednesday, Union of Morrisania's Peter Huff took his seemingly mythical Hitting Streak past the 60-game barrier.

Huff’s batting line for the afternoon:

• TOTAL: 2/4, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI, 4 TB

The performance raised Huff’s average on the season to .406 (1.007 OPS) with 51 RBI through 61 games.

Most of the .400 hitters in baseball history have completed the achievement through torrid stretches of batsmanship that have carried them to a .400 finish in spite of average work during other parts of the season. Not so for Huff.

Huff’s streak, which started during the second game of the season, has been a case study in consistency. Of the sixty games during the streak, 28 have been one-hit games. His Batting Average has remained somewhere between .380 and its season high of .407 every day since June 7th. Contrast that with Metropolitan’s .420 hitter Troy Oberst, who has been held hitless six times this season. He has had 37 multi-hit games, and two five-hit outings to go with two four-hit games.

Again, it is remarkable to see such a season from Peter Huff. Last season the Union RF hit .299 with a .708 OPS. His 1871 average of .406 and OPS of 1.007 are 107 and 299 points higher respectively. Last season he had 17 Extra-base Hits (11 2B, 5 3B, 1 HR) and this season he has 32 (19 2B, 11 3B, 2 HR) with nine games still to play. Huff has had arguably the largest season-to-season improvement by a veteran batsman in baseball history.

And for now, everyone waits to see just how long Huff can keep the streak going.