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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»July 23, 1915:
Jack Ness of Oakland (Pacific Coast League) has his 49-game hitting streak stopped. He bats .440 in the longest streak thus far in organized baseball.
»August 20, 1919:
Wichita OF Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak in which he collected 155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 batting average.
The previous record was 49 by Oakland's Jack Ness (Pacific Coast League) in 1915.
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