JJ Wetherholt has already set an all-time Cardinals record
The rookie has himself a record already.
JJ Wetherholt has already set an all-time Cardinals record originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . JJ Wetherholt will hope to accomplish much more than this in his St.
Louis Cardinals career. But he already can call one franchise all-time record his own. This one is quirky: consecutive games getting hit by a pitch.
Jon Jay held the record before Wetherholt arrived, with four games in a row with an HBP. Now it's Wetherholt's mark all his own -- he's been hit by a pitch in five consecutive games. He's approaching the all-time record, too, of six games in a row by Carlos Quentin.
Longest HBP Streaks In MLB History 2008 Carlos Quentin: 6 Games 1903 Doc Gessler: 5 Games *2026 JJ WETHERHOLT: 5 GAMES* (ACTIVE) pic. twitter. com/bsA0dXalcQ ā Peyton | BigLeagueAnalysis (@bsblwithpeyton) April 20, 2026 MORE: Austin Hedges ended a great Guardians day with a proposal It's kind of a painful record.