Carl Crawford, TB AL, recently had an extended streak of awesome hitting:

Aug 01: 3-for-4
Aug 03: 1-for-4
Aug 04: 3-for-4
Aug 05: 4-for-5
Aug 06: 2-for-5
Aug 07: 4-for-5
Aug 08: 2-for-4
Aug 09: 3-for-4
Aug 10: 2-for-5
Aug 11: 2-for-4

Compare Crawford to the best streaks in the past 50 seasons:

Over six games, Crawford had 18 hits; here are the:

MOST HITS OVER 6 GAMES, SINCE 1957
20 Kenny Lofton    ATL 4/13-4/19/1997
19 Ivan Rodriguez  TEX 7/29-8/03/1999
19 Johnny Damon    KC  7/16-7/21/2000
19 Marcus Giles    ATL 7/24-7/29/2003
19 Johnny Damon    BOS 7/03-7/09/2004
19 Johnny Damon    BOS 7/04-7/10/2004 
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 ...and Crawford had 19 hits over seven games; he falls just short of the top streaks since 1957:

MOST HITS OVER SEVEN CONSEC. GAMES, SINCE 1957
22 Kenny Lofton    ATL 4/10-4/18/1997
22 Kenny Lofton    ATL 4/12-4/19/1997
22 Johnny Damon    BOS 7/03-7/10/2004
21 Tim Salmon      CAL 5/06-5/13/1994
21 Joe Randa       KC  7/03(1)-7/09/1999
21 Johnny Damon    KC  7/15-7/21/2000
20 MANY 
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Crawford had 22 hits over eight games, again falling just short of matching the top streaks by any player in the past 50 years:

MOST HITS OVER EIGHT CONSEC. GAMES, SINCE 1957
25 Kenny Lofton    ATL 4/10-4/19/1997
23 Ted Sizemore    LA  8/08-8/15/1970(2)
23 Garry Templeton STL 5/30-6/07/1979
23 Rod Carew       CAL 4/24-5/06/1983
23 Hal Morris      KC  4/10-4/17/1998
23 Marcus Giles    ATL 7/22-7/19/2003
23 Johnny Damon    BOS 7/02-7/10/2004
23 Johnny Damon    BOS 7/03-7/11/2004
23 Ichiro Suzuki   SEA 7/26-8/01/2004(1) 
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Although those marks for most hits over six, seven, and eight consecutive games since 1957 are pretty amazing, they are nowhere near the all-time records.

ALL-TIME:
Most hits over 6 consec. games
N.L.-24-Cal McVey, CHI, 7/18-7/29/1876
N.L.since1900-23-Jimmy Johnston, BRO, 6/25-6/30/1923(G2)
A.L.-21-Heinie Manush, WAS, 6/13-6/21/1933

Most hits over 7 consec. games
N.L.-26-Cal McVey, CHI, 7/11-7/25/1876, also 7/15-7/29/1876
N.L.since1900-24-Jimmy Johnston, BRO, 6/24-6/30/1923(G2)
A.L.-23-Heinie Manush, WAS, 6/11-6/21/1922

Most hits over 8 consec. games
N.L.-29-Cal McVey, CHI, 7/13-7/29/1876
N.L.since1900-26-Jimmy Johnston, BRO, 6/25-7/4/1923(G1)
A.L.-26-Heinie Manush, WAS, 6/13-6/23/1933

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Crawford also had eight straight multi-hit games.  Only four players have reached double-digit streaks for multi-hit games since 1957:

Most consecutive multi-hit games, since 1957
11-Tony Perez, 1973
10-Rich Dauer, 1978
10-Chuck Knoblauch, 1996
10-Bernie Williams, 2002

But, once again, the old-timers have them beat:
ALL-TIME
Most consec. multi-hit games
13-Rogers Hornsby, 1923
12-Paul Hines, 1879

12-Willie Keeler, 1897

12-Billy Herman, 1935-1936

---Just check out Hornsby's amazing 1923 season, as seen through scans of his official daily sheets:

---Rogers Hornsbys 1923 season game by game

STREAKS TO WATCH
--Longest active hitting streak: 12 games by Florida's Hanley Ramirez.  Brian McCann and Norris Hopper each have 11-gamers going, too.

--Longest active on-base streak: 44 games by Kevin Millar, BAL AL.  It's the third longest by an Oriole in the past 50 years: 49 games (Ken Singleton, 1977) and 46 games (Cal Ripken, 1998).


A CENTURY OF COBB
Ty Cobb's Batting Line from 100 year ago:
August 16, 1907; at home vs. New York: 0-for-5 with a run scored; opposing starter: Hogg.

Cobb's 1907 average thru Aug 16:          .331 (137-for-414)

Cobb's career average thru 8/16/1907:   .310 (286-for-922)

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