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- Jung‑Hoo Lee is batting .508 (33‑for‑65) during the 17‑game streak.
- Lee had four or more hits in four games and at least two hits in eight games.
- The streak raised Lee’s season average from .263 to .338 over 17 games.
Already with two hits in the final third of Tuesday’s game, San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung-Hoo Lee hit a weak chopper up the middle for a groundout.
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The seven-pitch, one-out at-bat was nearly as mundane as it gets. But recently, for Giants fans and rising star Bryce Eldridge, the sight of Lee trudging back to the dugout unsuccessful has been a bit of an uncommon sight.
“I was just like ‘what hell is Jungy doing?’” Eldrige said postgame. “‘He got out? That’s unacceptable.’”
Over about the last month, Lee has done everything he can to warrant that kind of reaction to a standard out. Lee is currently in the midst of a 17-game hitting streak, dating back to May 14, with many multi-hit explosions along the way. Lee’s hitting streak is the longest active in the MLB and the longest for a Giant since Donovan Solano’s run in 2020.
During that 17-game stretch, Lee is hitting .508 — 33-for-65 — meaning an out like his fourth at-bat Tuesday has been statistically more uncommon than a hit along that stretch.
Lee had four or more hits in four of those games, and at least two hits in eight of them — all of which came in the most recent 12-game stretch. According to MLB.com’s Sarah Langs, Lee is the first Giant to have 29 or more hits in a 12-game span since 1932, and is one of four occurrences by a Giants hitter since 1900.
His recent hot streak has also elevated Lee into batting title contention, raising his season average from .263 to .338 over the last 17 games. Lee only currently trails Miami Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez, who is hitting .341. Along the way, he passed teammate and well-regarded contact hitter Luis Arraez, who is hitting .326 this season, the fourth-highest average in the MLB.
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“I think he’s just really come into his own,” Giants manager Tony Vitello said ahead of Wednesday’s game. “The more and more he plays in this league, in this park, in this country, around the guys, the comfort level continues to increase and the best version of him comes out. And the best version of him is much better than good.”
Lee, 27, is in his third season with the Giants, with whom he signed a six-year, $113 million after playing seven seasons in the Korean Baseball League. The 17-game hitting streak is the longest ever by a Korean MLB player, according to multiple reports.
Lee’s first season with the Giants ended with a shoulder injury in May 2024. In his first full MLB season in 2025, Lee slashed .266/.327/.407 with 51 extra-base hits in 150 games.
In 60 games this season, Lee has already almost equaled his 2025 wins above replacement metric, per Baseball Reference, and has improved on almost all fronts. His .857 on-base plus slugging percentage so far in 2026 is 89 points higher than last season’s .735 mark.
Lee will have a chance to extend his hitting streak and historic stretch Wednesday afternoon, hitting fifth for the Giants as they take on the Washington Nationals at 12:45 p.m. at Oracle Park.
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This story was originally published June 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM.