Streaks and such

Just like last year, I've looked up some extra statistics just for fun and am providing them for you here. If you look back, or have an absurdly good memory, you'll notice that I've included more this year. If there aren't five for a certain category, it means there were a lot tied at the next number and I didn't feel the need to include everyone.

Longest Hit Streaks:
Joe Mauer- 16, 8/4-8/24
Alexi Casilla- 14, 6/20-7/7
Casilla- 13, 5/29-6/11
Carlos Gomez- 12, 5/31-6/11
Mauer- 12, 9/10-9/23
Justin Morneau- 12, 6/11-6/24
Nick Punto- 12, 8/12-8/28

Longest Hitless Streaks:
Mike Lamb- 9, 6/1-6/12
Lamb- 7, 8/16- 9/7 (had only 7 total plate appearances, and 3 were walks)
Brian Buscher- 5, 9/17-9/26
Jason Kubel- 5, 5/3-5/10
Craig Monroe- 5, 5/17-5/24, 6/9-6/17, 7/6-7/12 (three separate times)

Most Multi-Hit Games:
Morneau- 53
Mauer- 50
Delmon Young- 47
Gomez- 37
Kubel- 31
Denard Span- 31

Hits in a month:
Morneau- 38, May
Mauer- 35, September
Morneau- 35, June
Span- 35, August
Punto- 34, August

Home Runs in a month:
Kubel- 6, June
Morneau- 6, April, July
Kubel- 4, April
Monroe- 4, May
Morneau- 4, May
Young- 4, August

RBIs in a month:
Morneau- 23, July
Span- 23, August
Morneau- 22, April, August
Morneau- 21, June, September

Extra Base Hits in a month:
Morneau- 19, July
Morneau- 15, August
Mauer- 14, June
Span- 12, August
Kubel- 11, June
Morneau- 11, September

Stolen Bases in a month:
Gomez- 9, April
Span- 8, August
Gomez- 7, August
Gomez- 6, May
Punto- 6, September

RBIs in a game:
Kubel- 6, 4/9
Buscher- 5, 7/26, 8/19
Morneau- 5, 4/25, 7/19
Punto- 5, 5/7

Hits in a game:
Mauer- 5, 8/29
Morneau- 5, 7/10

**The following three categories have a minimum of 50 at bats in the month.**

Highest Average for a month:
Mauer- .365, September
Buscher- .360, June
Morneau- .360, July
Mauer- .341, June
Casilla- .340, May

Lowest Average for a month:
Lamb- .197, April
Michael Cuddyer- .212, May
Monroe- .216, May
Brendan Harris- .217, May
Gomez- .220, July

Highest Slugging % for a month:
Morneau- .708, July
Kubel- .636, June
Mauer- .568, June
Kubel- .523, August
Casilla- .520, May


Come back later this week for a similar post in regards to pitching and following that appraisals for each player's season.