Another Votto streak ends

For the month of May, Joey Votto batted .291/.425/.408 for an OPS of .833. While not quite up to his usual standards, that's still a great month. Albert Pujols, for comparison, only batted .288/.365/.387 in that time frame. It does, however, bring an end to an almost year long streak he had. From May of 2010 to April of this year, Joey didn't have an OPS of less than 1.000 to end a month.

I'm sure I don't need to tell you guys this, but that's pretty fantastic. An OPS of 1.000 is generally an MVP level performance, and to keep it up for an entire year is no small feat. While this is nowhere near the record*, it's still quite a long streak. Pujols' career high is eight months, only two months longer than Joey's streak. He does have a bunch of five and six month streaks, however.

*As best as I can tell, the all time leader in that category is one Mr Barrold L. Bonds. You'll remember him having a few decent baseballing years earlier in the decade. From August of 2000 to April of 2006, 28 months, Barry didn't have an OPS of less than 1.071(!) to end a month. Ho hum