Consecutive interleague games reaching base
Posted by Andy on June 20, 2008
A note a Peter Abraham's blog got me to thinking about this search. Most consecutive interleague games reaching base at least once:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Barry Bonds 2001-07-15 2004-06-18 43 134 31 46 6 2 13 29 18 59 3 0 .343 .549 .709 1.258 SFG Jason Giambi 2001-07-13 2004-06-08 41 136 35 46 7 0 15 44 31 38 0 1 .338 .489 .721 1.210 OAK-NYY Matt Lawton 1999-06-05 2001-07-12 37 142 23 59 12 1 4 21 11 19 11 3 .415 .491 .599 1.090 MIN Bobby Abreu 2001-06-15 2003-06-08 36 132 24 48 10 2 4 17 31 31 12 0 .364 .482 .561 1.043 PHI Derek Jeter 2006-06-25 2008-06-19 34 136 24 52 13 1 4 18 14 17 6 2 .382 .455 .581 1.036 NYY Hideki Matsui 2004-07-03 2007-06-19 33 122 19 45 11 0 6 33 12 17 1 1 .369 .443 .607 1.050 NYY Vladimir Guerrero 2001-06-14 2003-06-03 32 126 26 47 7 0 8 16 14 13 13 4 .373 .440 .619 1.059 MON Barry Larkin 1999-06-11 2002-06-21 32 121 18 38 7 1 1 4 8 23 6 2 .314 .424 .413 .837 CIN Magglio Ordonez 2006-06-19 2008-05-17 31 110 27 47 9 0 3 28 13 16 1 0 .427 .500 .591 1.091 DET Vernon Wells 2002-06-07 2003-06-28 31 117 26 41 3 1 10 21 18 12 2 0 .350 .420 .650 1.070 TOR Orlando Cabrera 2006-05-19 2007-06-19 30 123 14 39 9 0 1 14 6 8 8 0 .317 .356 .415 .771 LAA Ichiro Suzuki 2006-07-01 2008-06-18 29 117 21 54 6 2 2 14 14 14 21 1 .462 .519 .598 1.117 SEA Brandon Phillips 2003-06-13 2007-06-09 29 106 21 37 3 2 4 15 9 6 5 0 .349 .379 .528 .907 CLE-CIN Jim Thome 2001-06-16 2002-06-30 29 93 20 31 5 0 9 22 33 29 0 1 .333 .492 .677 1.169 CLE Mike Piazza 2001-06-09 2002-06-21 29 106 18 40 7 0 10 26 19 18 0 1 .377 .468 .726 1.194 NYM Nomar Garciaparra 1999-07-20 2002-06-18 29 105 24 42 11 0 5 15 8 15 2 1 .400 .467 .648 1.115 BOS Paul Konerko 1999-07-18 2001-07-08 29 106 17 38 8 0 5 22 14 10 0 0 .358 .415 .575 .990 CHW Victor Martinez 2005-06-10 2006-07-02 28 95 14 31 7 0 1 17 12 18 0 0 .326 .440 .432 .872 CLE Melvin Mora 2005-06-13 2007-06-08 27 100 15 33 6 0 3 14 16 11 3 0 .330 .412 .480 .892 BAL Lance Berkman 2005-06-17 2007-05-20 27 96 12 29 5 0 5 22 22 17 1 0 .302 .414 .510 .924 HOU Bobby Abreu 2005-06-09 2006-07-02 27 99 13 35 7 1 2 19 20 22 7 0 .354 .475 .505 .980 PHI Frank Thomas 2002-06-28 2004-06-17 27 92 24 29 7 0 13 27 21 20 0 1 .315 .444 .815 1.259 CHW Mark Kotsay 2002-06-22 2004-06-16 27 109 21 38 9 0 3 10 11 16 2 3 .349 .432 .514 .946 SDP-OAK Brian Giles 1999-06-07 2001-06-08 27 102 21 34 7 1 9 24 13 22 1 0 .333 .460 .686 1.146 PIT Joe Randa 1999-06-05 2000-07-07 27 102 20 45 9 3 4 20 6 15 0 1 .441 .504 .706 1.210 KCR
So Bonds has the record at 43, but it's Derek Jeter at 34 with the longest active streak. Magglio Ordonez had his streak snapped at 31 earlier this year, and Ichiro also has an active streak at 29. The next-longest active streak I could find is Justin Morneau at 19.