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Walt Dropo, then with the Detroit Tigers, tied a record with 12 hits in a row.Bowman Gum. Does any individual achievement deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak? Given that nobody before or after his 1941 record has come near it, the answer is clearly "no." Yet of all the multi-game records of shorter duration, another far less heralded feat continues to stand the test of time.

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The Record of 12 Hits in a Row Was Reached on July 15, 1952

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