Met record book inquiry

[Guest AG/DC]

Longest hit streak from the start of a career by a Met?

I thought it would be Jefferies 1988, but then I forgot he did some pinch-hitting in 1987.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I believe that was Mitch Kumstein back in 76.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm looking now. The highest I've found so far is Mike Cameron with 7. Doing a more thorough search...

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, I'm thinking the actual start of a career, although the start of a Met career is compelling also.

I realize now that Murphy is ineligible, as he had a pinch-walk in the only plate appearance of his second game.

[Guest Kong76]

Mike Vail got a hit in all but 5 of his 38 or so games in 1975.

Doesn't answer the question but I felt like telling someone since I
counted it all up.

[Benjamin Grimm]

There are three players who started their Mets career with hitting streaks of ten or more games: Johnny Lewis (11), Rick Cerone (10) and Robin Ventura (10).

For start of a career (no previous service with any other team) it looks like Keith Miller with 7, followed by Dave Schneck with 6.

Jeff Gardner had 5 and Ron Hodges, Bobby Pfeil, and Benny Ayala had 4.

[Guest AG/DC]

Wondermints. I remember Miller starting his career batting .375 or so.

All that's left then is to see who has the on-base record that Murphy is stomping all over.

[HahnSolo]

AG/DC wrote: Well, I'm thinking the actual start of a career, although the start of a Met career is compelling also. I realize now that Murphy is ineligible, as he had a pinch-walk in the only plate appearance of his second game.

That wouldn't make him ineligible, would it?

[Guest AG/DC]

Hit streaks end if you walk your way through a game, to my understanding. Unfair but there it is.

[G-Fafif]

KC wrote: Mike Vail got a hit in all but 5 of his 38 or so games in 1975. Doesn't answer the question but I felt like telling someone since I counted it all up.

Any excuse to invoke Mike Vail's 1975 is a spectacularly valid one.

[RealityChuck]

="AG/DC"]Hit streaks end if you walk your way through a game, to my understanding. Unfair but there it is.

Not so. According to the MLB Site:

="MLB"]Consecutive-Game Hitting Streaks: A consecutive-game hitting streak shall not be terminated if all the player's plate appearances (one or more) results in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit. The player's individual consecutive-game hitting streak shall be determined by the consecutive games in which the player appears and is not determined by his club's games. (bolding added)

[Guest AG/DC]

That's great (for Murphy)! Wikipedia says otherwise, but there's enough ambiguity between the second and third sentence that I should've guessed they got it wrong.

I'll fix it later.

[Guest AG/DC]

Streak still alive.