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SCROVEGNI 2ND WITH 40-GAME STREAK IN 1874
FRONTIER’S GREENHORN 3B JOINS QUAKER ST’S MORGANTI BY MAKING IT TO 40-GAME MARK

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (July 22, 1874) - Going into the season, 3B Remi Scrovegni wasn’t supposed to be the Frontier B.B.C. greenhorn to receive the most attention. That distinction was meant to go to Edward Pelham, the five-star pitcher the team signed to be their new #1. However, it is Scrovegni who has taken the plaudits thanks to a now historic Hitting Streak.

During the top of the 8th of Frontier’s 6-3 loss at Syracuse, Scrovegni hit a one-run Double, and in the process brought his Hitting Streak to forty games, making him the second NBBO player to reach the mark this season.

Unlike Quaker State’s Ned Morganti, the other man to reach forty games this season, Scrovegni has accomplished his streak with consistent, but unspectacular, batsmanship. Scrovegni finished 1/5 on Wednesday, and that meant even though his Hitting Streak had reached forty games Scrovegni’s Batting Average was .292 (.676 OPS) through 51 games of his first season in organized baseball.

Remi Scrovegni is now the eighth man in NBBO history with a Hitting Streak 40+ games in length:

• #1: Peter Huff (Union) at 67 games during 1871 (ended 8/5)
• #2: William Gentilucci (Nassau Co.) at 42 games during 1870 (ended 7/20)
• #3: Cormack Alexander (K.C. & Q.S.) at 42 games during 1867-68 (ended 5/22/68)
• #4: Franklin Petty (Lake Erie) at 41 games during 1869 (ended 7/7)
• #5: William McQuaid (Flour City) at 41 games during 1862-63 (ended 6/28/63)
• #6: Henry Nabors (Victory) at 40 games during 1868-69 (ended 5/22/69)
• #7: Ned Morganti (Quaker St.) at 40 games during 1873-74 (ended 6/17/74)
• #8: Remi Scrovegni (Frontier) at 40 games during 1874 (ongoing)

With a .292 average, .676 OPS, 41 RBI, and 0.8 WAR, Scrovegni is unlikely to make the upcoming NBBO All-Star Game. However, he remains the author of one of the most impressive feats accomplished by any player this season.