Away Sweet Home
Ichiro Suzuki recently had a hit in 28 straight games away from Safeco Park, which was the longest such streak in Mariners' history:
LONGEST ROAD HITTING STREAKS, MARINERS HISTORY
28-Ichiro Suzuki 5/7-7/5/2007
26-Alex Rodriguez 5/15-7/6/1996
25-Edgar Martinez 7/9-9/9/1992
25-Ichiro Suzuki 4/6-5/26/2001
It's also one of the longer streaks of the past 50 years. Derek Jeter of the Yankees had, by far, the longest streak of the past 50 years without any fanfare at all:
G
PLAYER
TEAM
START
END
44
Derek Jeter
NYY
8/20/2006
5/28/2007
34
Justin Morneau
MIN
6/22/2006
9/15/2006
33
Johnny Temple
CLE
8/21/1960
6/9/1961
32
Lou Brock
STL
7/8/1969
9/21/1969
30
Rafael Palmeiro
TEX
6/1/1993
8/1/1993
29
Gary Sheffield
ATL
9/14/2002
5/30/2003
28
Bill Virdon
PIT
5/27/1961
8/6/1961
28
Terry Pendleton
STL
4/7/1987
6/6/1987
28
Ichiro Suzuki
SEA
5/7/2007
7/5/2007
That means that Jeter had a hit in 44 straight road games! And oh by the way, during those same dates, Jeter played 40 games at Yankee Stadium--and had a hit in 36 of them. That's 80 games with a hit out of 84 games total (not counting two 0-for-0 games that he had).
Jeter's 44-game road hitting streak also surpassed the longest that I could find from before 1957, although I'm sure this list is incomplete since it was researched by hand:
A Century of Cobb
Ty Cobb's batting line from 100 years ago
July 12, 1907: at home vs. New York; a doubleheader, going 1-for-3 in each game, with a walk in the second game. Faced HOFer Chesbro in game one, faced Hogg in game two. Total damage for the day: 2-for-6 with a walk.
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