#OTD July 13, 1941, the Yankees played a doubleheader against the White Sox at Comiskey Park. A crowd of 50,387 fans attended to see whether Joe DiMaggio would continue his record-breaking streak. In Game 1, Joe went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the Yankees 8-1 win over the White Sox.

On July 12, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in the Yankees 7-5 win over the Browns at Sportsman’s Park. His first hit came in the 4th inning, when he hit an RBI double off Browns’ starter Elden Auker.

#OTD July 11, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 4-for-5 with 2 RBIs and a run scored in the Yankees 6-2 win over the Browns at Sportsman’s Park. His first hit came early, in the 1st inning, when he hit a single off Browns’ pitcher Bob Harris.

#OTD July 10, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-2 in the Yankees 1-0 win over the Browns in a 5-inning, rain-shortened game at Sportsman’s Park. His only hit came early, in the 1st inning, when he hit a single off Browns’ pitcher Johnny Niggeling.

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#OTD July 6, 1941, the Yankees played a doubleheader against the Athletics at Yankee Stadium. A crowd of 60,948 fans were in attendance to see the memorial that was being unveiled out in centerfield, in honor of the late Lou Gehrig, and to see if Joe DiMaggio would extend his record-setting streak.

On July 5, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 with a walk and 2 RBIs in the Yankees 10-5 win over the Athletics at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came early, in the 1st inning, when he hit a home run off starter Phil Marchildon, deep into the left field stands.

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On July 2, 1941, the Yankees played the Red Sox in the final game of a 3-game series at Yankee Stadium. A crowd of 8,682 fans braved the sweltering 100° heat to see if Joe DiMaggio would get a hit that day.

#OTD July 1, 1941, the Yankees played a doubleheader against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. A crowd of 53,832 fans braved the 95° heat to see if DiMaggio would get a hit in each game. If he did, he would tie the Major League record set by Willie Keeler in 1897.

#OTD June 29, 1941, the Yankees played a doubleheader against the Senators at Griffith Stadium. An overflow crowd of 31,000 fans braved the 98° heat to see if DiMaggio would get a hit in each game. If he did, he would break the American League record set by George Sisler in 1922.

#OTD June 28, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-5 with a run scored in the Yankees 7-4 win over the Athletics at Shibe Park. The starting pitcher for the Athletics that day was Johnny Babich…

#OTD June 27, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-3 with a walk and 2 RBIs in the Yankees 6-7 loss to the Athletics at Shibe Park. His first hit came early, in the top of the 1st, when he hit a first pitch single off Chubby Dean, driving in a run.

#OTD June 26, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 with an RBI in the Yankees 4-1 win over the Browns at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came in the 8th inning, when he hit a double off Browns’ pitcher, Elden Auker, giving him his 38th consecutive game with a hit.

#OTD June 24, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 in the Yankees 9-1 walloping of the Browns at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came in the 7th inning, when he hit a single off starter, Bob Muncrief, giving him his 36th consecutive game with a hit.

#OTD June 22, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs in the Yankees 5-4 win over the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. With the score tied at 2-2 going into the bottom of the 6th, Joe blasted a long home run off Hal Newhouser to give the Yankees the lead.

#OTD June 21, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 with an RBI in the Yankees 7-2 loss to the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came early, in the bottom of the 1st, when he hit a line-drive single off starter Dizzy Trout, driving in Johnny Sturm. It was his 34th consecutive game with a hit.

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#OTD June 20, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 4-for-5 in the Yankees 14-4 walloping of the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. He collected two singles off starter Bobo Newsom, followed by a single and a double off relief pitcher Archie McKain.

#OTD June 19, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 3-for-3 with a walk in the Yankees 7–2 win over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. He collected a single off starter Eddie Smith, followed by a single and a home run off relief pitcher, Buck Ross. He drove in two runs and also scored twice.

#OTD June 18, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-3 with a walk in the Yankees 3-2 loss to the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came in the 5th inning, when he slashed an infield single that was just outside the reach of Luke Appling’s glove.

#OTD June 17, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 in the Yankees 8-7 loss to the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came in the 7th inning, when he hit a single off White Sox pitcher, Johnny Rigney, giving him his 30th consecutive game with a hit.

#OTD June 16, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-5 in the Yankees 6-4 win over the Indians at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came in the 6th inning, when he hit a double off Indians pitcher, Al Milnar, giving him his 29th consecutive game with a hit.

#OTD June 14, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-2 with two walks and an RBI in the Yankees 4-1 win over the Indians at Yankee Stadium. His only hit came in the 3rd inning, when he hit a double off Indians’ pitcher Bob Feller, driving in Red Rolfe.

#OTD June 12, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-4 in the Yankees 3-2 win over the White Sox at Comiskey Park. His first hit of the game came in the 4th inning, when he hit a single off White Sox’ pitcher Thornton Lee, giving him his 26th consecutive game with a hit.

#OTD June 10, 1941, the Yankees played the first of a 3 game series against the White Sox at Comiskey Park. Joe DiMaggio, whose hitting streak stood at 24 consecutive games, found himself hitless in his first three plate appearances that day. Would this be the game that ended his hitting streak?

On June 8, 1941, the Yankees played a doubleheader against the Browns at Sportsman’s Park. Joe DiMaggio, now completely over his neck ailment, had a tremendous day at the plate, propelling the Yankees to a doubleheader sweep of the Browns, 9-3 and 8-3 respectively.

#OTD June 7, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the Yankees 11-7 win over the Browns at Sportsman’s Park. He collected three singles off three different Browns’ pitchers - Bob Muncrief, George Caster and Johnny Allen.

#OTD June 5, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in the Yankees extra innings loss to the Tigers at Briggs Stadium. His triple in the 6th inning drove in the Yankees’ first run, and he then scored on a single from Buddy Rosar. It was his 21st consecutive game with a hit.

#OTD June 3, 1941, a somber Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 in the Yankees 4-2 loss to the Tigers at Briggs Stadium. His home run in the 4th inning gave him his 20th consecutive game with a hit. But neither his streak nor the Yankees loss that day meant anything to him…

#OTD June 2, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in the Yankees 7-5 loss to the Indians at League Park. It was his 19th consecutive game with a hit, and his first multi-hit game since the Yankees’ series opener against the Senators back on May 27 (Game 12 of the Streak).

#OTD June 1, 1941, the Yankees played a double header against the Indians at Cleveland Stadium. A rainout the day before gave Joe DiMaggio some much needed respite. He was still suffering from a stiff neck. In Game 1 Joe went 1-for-4 with and a run scored in the Yankees 2-0 shutout of the Indians.

#OTD May 30, 1941, the Yankees played a double header against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Joe DiMaggio, who at that point had been suffering from a stiff neck for the past two games, suddenly found it difficult to turn his head from side to side or tilt it upwards…

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#OTD May 28, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 with a walk in the Yankees 6-5 win over the Senators at Griffith Stadium. Trailing by two runs going into the top of the 8th, the Yankees produced a five-run inning which ultimately won them the game…

#OTD May 27, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 4-for-5 with 3 RBIs in the Yankees 10-8 win over the Senators at Griffith Stadium. He collected three singles and a 3-run HR off three different Senators’ pitchers - Ken Chase, Red Anderson, and Alex Carrasquel.

#OTD May 25, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 in the Yankees 10-3 loss to the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. It was his 11th consecutive game with a hit. Meanwhile, his younger brother Dom went 1-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored…

May 24, 1941 - Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 with 2 RBIs in the Yankees 7-6 win over the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Trailing by 3 runs going into the bottom of the 7th, the Yankees produced a four-run inning which ultimately won them the game…

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#OTD May 23, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-5 with 2 RBIs in a shortened, 9-9 tie game against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. It was his ninth consecutive game with a hit…

#OTD May 21, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-5 with an RBI in the Yankees 5-4 win over the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. It was his seventh consecutive game with a hit… However, were it not for the unforgiving dimensions of Yankee Stadium at the time…

#OTD May 20, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-5 with an RBI in the Yankees 10-9 win against the Browns at Yankee Stadium. It was his sixth consecutive game with a hit, on his way to a record 56-consecutive games. #JoeDiMaggio #JoltinJoe #TheYankeeClipper #TheStreak #Yankees

#OTD May 19, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-3 with a walk in the Yankees 5-1 loss to the Browns at Yankee Stadium. His extra base hit was one of only 4 hits the Yankees managed off Browns’ pitcher Denny Galehouse that day…

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#OTD May 18, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 3-for-3 with a walk in the Yankees 12-2 victory over the Browns at Yankee Stadium. His double in the bottom of the 2nd drove in a run, and he scored three times…

#OTD May 17, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in the Yankees 3-2 loss to the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. This was his third consecutive game with a hit…

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#OTD May 16, 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-4 in a game against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium, hitting a solo HR off Thornton Lee in the third inning, and later helping to set up a come from behind victory by hitting a triple in the bottom of the ninth…

#OTD May 15, 1941, Joe DiMaggio singled off White Sox southpaw Eddie Smith, starting a hitting streak that would last for 56 consecutive games. In the first inning versus Chicago, DiMaggio lined a single into left center field, driving in Phil Rizzuto for the Yankees’ only run of the game…

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