15. Chris Davis (2012) and Reggie Jackson (1976) each hitting home runs in six consecutive games
Jackson’s run in Baltimore lasted only a year before he bolted for New York and Davis is better known for hitting a franchise record 53 home runs a year later, but each Orioles slugger made a list of only 19 players in major league history to homer in at least six straight games when they did it in 1976 and 2012, respectively.
Davis’ hot finish to 2012 carried over to the start of 2013 when he homered in each of the first four games of the season and knocked in a remarkable 16 runs over that time, propelling him to one of the best seasons in franchise history. However, it was his work at the end of 2012 that landed him next to Jackson and on this list of impressive streaks in local sports history.
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Nestor Aparicio
Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com
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