Royals' Tyler Tolbert ties MLB record with hits in 12 straight at-bats
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The Kansas City Royals' Tyler Tolbert won't being playing in the Midsummer Classic next week, but the young utility player is having a long weekend to remember.
In the seventh inning against the Mets, Tolbert hit an infield single — his second in as many at-bats — to move to 5-for-5 on the night. But, even more impressively, he hit another high water mark: 12-for-12 in his last 12 plate appearances.
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That isn't at-bats, in which walks aren't added to the total. That's plate appearances.
Tyler Tolbert ties an MLB record with hits in 12 straight at-bats! pic.twitter.com/vldHYDmkdw
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Tolbert is the fifth player to have 12 hits in 12 at-bats and just the third to have 12 hits in 12 plate appearances. He joins Johnny Kling in 1902, Pinky Higgins in 1938, Walt Dropo in 1952, and Jose Miranda in 2024 in the former category. Only Kling and Dropo achieved the latter, according to MLB stats analyst Sarah Langs.
Tolbert, who homered earlier in the game, had another hit that was 103.5 mph off the bat, while the other three were good old-fashioned hustle and balls with eyes. They were 86.1 mph, 81.2 mph, and the record-tying hit was 64.8 mph off the bat.
His historic run came to a close when he flied out to right field to lead off the ninth inning.
Tolbert also went 5-for-5 in a 15-1 romp over the Phillies on July 6, finishing a triple shy of the cycle and logging another pair of hits under 65 mph off the bat.
It is, frankly, a hilarious streak. And the kind of thing you only see in July of the marathon MLB season. He may not be hitting the cover off the ball. But Tolbert is showing the value of just putting your head down and sprinting to first.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Royals' Tyler Tolbert ties MLB record with hits in 12 straight at-bats