| 25-Game Hitting Streak for Sheehy Wednesday, September 16th , 1896 Thomas Sheehy, third baseman for the Dallas Steers, ran his consecutive-game hitting streak to 25 games with 1 hit in his club's 20-7 victory over the Galveston Gulls at Trinity Grounds.
"Not the outcome we wanted," Galveston manager said. "There's never a good time to lose, and it's never fun to be on the wrong end of somebody else's accomplishment." Thomas Sheehy singled in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, was hit by a pitch in the 3rd, flied out in the 4th, grounded out in the 6th and grounded out in the 7th.
This year, Sheehy is batting .386 with 13 home runs and 143 RBIs. In 107 games he has scored 146 times. | | |