Joey Votto: Breaker of shifts. pic.twitter.com/57lh5lrhRM
— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2017
Now, Votto is chasing history.
More impressive than the recent 17-game hitting streak, Votto has been on base at least twice in 19 consecutive games. It’s the longest such streak since Barry Bonds in 2004.
Votto is two games shy of Ted Williams’ record set in 1948.
Votto lined single to RF. Has reached at least twice in 19-strt games, longest since Bonds' 20 in 2004. Two shy of Ted Williams 1948 record
— Mark Sheldon (@m_sheldon) August 15, 2017
Votto has made it a Reds’ season worth watching despite a 49-70 record. He’s continuing ascending team rankings and writing his name in baseball record books.
On Aug. 10, Votto passed Ted Kluszewski for eighth all-time on the Reds home run list. A few days earlier, he passed former teammate Jay Bruce for most homers in Great American Ball Park history.
Joey Votto on passing Jay Bruce for most HR at GABP (tongue-in-cheek, for the record): “I don’t care. He’s in the past. Bye bye, Jay.”
— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) August 8, 2017
Players with more home runs and a higher career on-base percentage than #Reds Joey Votto:
— Ryan M. Spaeder (@theaceofspaeder) August 8, 2017
Bonds
Williams
Foxx
Gehrig
Hornsby
Ruth
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