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HUFF’S STREAK FINALLY ENDS AFTER 67 GAMES
LEGENDARY RUN OFFICIALLY 25 GAMES LONGER THAN ANY OTHER HITTING STREAK

NEW YORK CITY (Aug. 5, 1871) – After 67 games and 126 Hits, the unfathomable Hitting Streak achieved by Union of Morrisania’s Peter Huff has finally come to an end.

After fly ball outs in the 1st, 3rd, & 5th were followed by him reaching via Error in the 7th, Huff had one final chance to run his streak to 68 games with two out in the bottom of the 8th. After fouling off five pitches, New York Athletic Club’s John Kimmerle finally made one too many wayward deliveries and Huff went to first via Base on Balls. The next batter, Wilbur Graff, hit into an out, Union went down 1-2-3 in the 9th to lose 10-9, and the streak was over.

Huff was sent out to the middle of the infield after the end of the game, where he received a standing ovation from the fans, handshakes and pats on the back by players from both teams, personal congratulations from the National Base Ball Organization commissioner, and a note that the NBBO will be commissioning a plaque commemorating the streak.

Now that it has officially ended at 67 games, it can be noted that what Huff has accomplished may well be baseball’s first truly unapproachable record. Here is how it compares to other Hitting Streaks in NBBO history:

• 67 Games: Peter Huff (UNI) – ended 8/5/1871
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• 42 Games: Cormack Alexander (KC & QS; 1867-68) & William Gentilucci (NC; 1870)
• 41 Games: William McQuaid (FC; 1862-63) & Franklin Petty (LE; 1868-89)
• 40 Games: Henry Nabors (VIC) – ended 5/22/1869
• 39 Games: Arthur Waltrip (AME) – ended 6/4/1862
• 38 Games: Cormack Alexander (QS) – ended 6/25/1870
• 37 Games: Harold Miller (UNI; 1857-58) & Tarmo Kuopio (StJ; 1868)
• 36 Games: four different streaks
• 35 Games: five different streaks
• 34 Games: three different streaks
• 33 Games: three different streaks
• 32 Games: six different streaks
• 31 Games: four different streaks
• 30 Games: thirteen different streaks

As one can see, the final length of Huff’s Hitting Streak is a full 25 games longer than any other ever seen in baseball history – the longest so far in the inaugural season of the APBL is 27 games by Shamrock’s James Burke.

Whatever else is in store for Peter Huff after this, what is for sure is that Huff has etched his name in baseball lore with an achievement that will never be forgotten, and almost certainly will never be beaten.