Jac Caglianone ties Florida Gators' consecutive hit record
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With a single in the eighth inning, Florida Gators first baseman Jac Caglianone tied the UF record for consecutive games with a hit. Caglianone tied Jacob Young, who set the record at 30 during the 2021 season.
The pair reached the milestone in very different fashions. Young was a contact hitter who legged out infield singles. Caglianone set the BBCOR era record for home runs in a season in 2023 and has been the focus of every team the Gators have faced in 2024. Throughout the streak, Caglianone had to deal with being walked and pitched around.
Over his career, Caglianone has launched 68 home runs. He trails All-American Matt LaPorta by just six home runs to claim the Florida record. Caglianone has been impressive this season, hitting safely in 50 of Florida’s 51 games. He became the second-fastest Gator ever to reach 200 hits. Caglianone’s also tied the NCAA record with a nine-game home run streak from April 6 – April 19.
Caglianone paces the Gators in virtually every offensive statistic including batting average (.417), on-base percentage (.527), slugging (.870), OPS (1.397), hits (80), homers 28, RBI (55), runs (61) and walks (37 – 17 intentional). The two-way standout ranks second in the SEC in hits, homers, total bases, batting average, and slugging (seventh in NCAA), third in OBP, sixth in RBI and seventh in runs scored. On the mound, Caglianone is 5-1 and his .223 batting average against is the 12th-best in the SEC, as the southpaw has been charged with the ninth-fewest hits allowed and fourth-fewest homers surrendered among qualified SEC hurlers.
Jacob Young’s streak
Young was a very different hitter than Caglianone. Young went 51-123 (.415) during his streak, with this infield single to break Tim Olson’s record set in 2000.
Young’s 30-game streak stretched out over 646 days, starting late in the 2019 campaign and continuing into the 2021 season.
Breaking down Jac Caglianone’s hit streak
| Number | Date | Team | What was the hit | Stat line | Which AB / appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3/23 | LSU | Single in the T8 | 2-5 | 3rd |
| 2 | 3/24 | LSU | Home run in the T8 | 1-5 | 5th |
| 3 | 3/26 | FSU | Home run in the T1 | 2-3 | 1st |
| 4 | 3/29 | Mississippi State | Single in the B9 | 1-5 | 5th |
| 5 | 3/30 | Mississippi State | Single in the B8 | 1-4 | 4th |
| 6 | 3/31 | Mississippi State | Home run in the B9 | 1-2 | 5th (3 walks) |
| 7 | 4/2 | FAMU | Single in the B3 | 2-3 | 1st (HBP in first AB) |
| 8 | 4/5 | Missouri | Singled in the T4 | 1-4 | 2nd |
| 9 | 4/6 | Missouri | Home run in the T6 | 1-4 | 3rd |
| 10 | 4/7 | Missouri | Singled in the T4 | 2-4 | 2nd (1 BB) |
| 11 | 4/9 | FSU | Home run in the T1 | 2-3 | 1st |
| 12 | 4/12 | South Carolina | Home run in the B7 | 1-3 | 3rd (1 BB, 1 HBP) |
| 13 | 4/13 | South Carolina | Home run in the B1 | 1-4 | 1st |
| 14 | 4/14 | South Carolina | Home run in B2 | 2-4 | 2nd |
| 15 | 4/16 | Jacksonville | Single in B1 | 2-3 | 1st |
| 16 | 4/18 | Vanderbilt | Single in T1 | 3-5 | 1st |
| 17 | 4/19 | Vanderbilt | Home run in T6 | 1-4 | 3rd |
| 18 | 4/20 | Vanderbilt | Single in T7 | 1-3 | 3rd (1 BB) |
| 19 | 4/23 | Stetson | Home run in B2 | 3-4 | 2nd |
| 20 | 4/26 | Arkansas | Singled in T8 | 1-4 | 4th |
| 21 | 4/27 | Arkansas | Singled in T1 | 1-2 | 1st |
| 22 | 4/27 | Arkansas | Home run in T4 | 1-4 | 2nd (Intentional walk in 2nd appearance) |
| 23 | 4/30 | FAU | Single in B1 | 1-3 | 1st |
| 24 | 5/3 | Tennessee | Single in B8 | 1-4 | 4th |
| 25 | 5/3 | Tennessee | Single in T1 | 3-3 | 1st |
| 26 | 5/4 | Tennessee | Single in B3 | 1-2 | 2nd |
| 27 | 5/7 | South Florida | Home run in B1 | 2-4 | 1st |
| 28 | 5/10 | Kentucky | Single in B1 | 2-3 | 1st |
| 29 | 5/11 | Kentucky | Doubled in the B2 | 1-2 | 1st (four intentional walks) |
| 30 | 5/12 | Kentucky | Singled in the B8 | 1-3 | 4 |
