Hank Bauer’s Seventeen-Game World Series Hit Streak Certified as World Record
From 1956 to 1958, Hank Bauer recorded a hit in seventeen consecutive World Series games, a benchmark now officially documented as a world record through verification by Atlas World Records. By Atlas Editorial Team 24 March 2026 • New York, NY, USA The First Swing in October It began on October 3, 1956 , at Yankee Stadium with the Bronx trembling in October noise beneath the smoke of a thousand cigars. Hank Bauer , square-jawed veteran of the Pacific War, stepped to the pl
By Atlas Editorial Team
Mar 24