Giants End Streak at 33 Games
As you can see from Cabrera's early start in 2001, such a high early pace isn't a guarantee for the record. But it's pretty close judging by the remaining of the sample data.Game Year Total Player
33 2004 ? Abe
38 2001 49 Cabrera
42 2001 73 Bonds
43 1998 70 McGuire
48 1964 55 Oh
60 2001 55 Rhodes
65 2002 55 Cabrera
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The Giants hit at least one home run in every game of the season between April 2 through May 12, 2004. This is far and away the longest streak to start a season. 11 players hit 74 home runs during these 33 games for a total distance of 9,080 meters (approximately 5.7 miles). That's higher than Mt. Everest, for comparison. They are on pace to hit 314 home runs over 140 games.
However, they came up two games shy of the Nippon record of 35 consecutive games with a home run set by the 1986 Seibu Lions between August 14 and September 27. Here are the top five home run hitting streaks by team:
As you can see, it's been almost 20 years since such a long hitting streak has occurred.