Jerome-O-Meter | Gm 11-15
At the start of Jerome Walton’s 30-game hitting streak on July 21, 1989, the Cubs trailed Montreal by 3.0 games and the Mets by a half game in the NL East Division.
Chicago went (8-2) over its next 10 games jumping New York in the standings and trimming Montreal’s lead to 2.0 games with Walton setting the pace from the leadoff position hitting .318 (14-for-44) over the stretch.
Although Jerome was hitting the ball to all fields, he was also showing a knack for beating out infield grounders, including a bunt single and two infield hits.
Walton finished the regular season reaching 18 times on bunt attempts and 30 times on infield hits, a huge contributing factor to his season ending .293 batting average–good for 7th best in the NL.
*Throughout spring training I’ll recap Walton’s 30-game hitting streak that sparked the Cubs from a 2.5 games deficit in the division to a 2.5 game lead!
Games | 1 – 5 | 6 – 10 | 11 – 15 | 16 – 20 | 21 – 25 | 26 – 30 |
| Gm | Date | Walton | Opponent | Pitcher | Outcome | Score |
| 11 (Night) | July 31 | 1-4 | @ Philly | D. Carman | HR Deep LF, RBI | L 7-4 |
| 12 | Aug. 1 | 2-5 | @ Philly | L. McWilliams | Triple to RF, 2 RBI | W 4-1 |
| L. McWilliams | Single to LF | |||||
| 13 | Aug. 2 | 1-3 | @ Philly | K. Howell | Single to RF | L 0-6 |
| 14 | Aug. 3 | 1-4 | @ Philly | B. Ruffin | Single to CF | W 2-0 |
| 15 | Aug. 4 | 1-5 | @ Pitt | D. Drabek | Single to CF | W 3-2 |
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