What's the longest streak of games with homeruns for a batter?

Question

On August 15 2017 Giancarlo Stanton hit a homerun for a 6th straight games. This has made me to know the followings

• What is the longest number of consecutive games for a player with homeruns?
• What is the most number of homeruns hit in a streak of consecutive games with homers?

Answer 1

As of 16 August 2017, the record stands at 8 consecutive games with a home run, and that is held by 3 people.

1. Dale Long - Pittsburgh Pirates - May 19 - 28th 1956 (8 Home Runs hit)
2. Don Mattingly - New York Yankees - July 8th - 18th 1987 (10 Home Runs hit)
3. Ken Griffey Jr - Seattle Mariners - July 20th - 28th 1993 (8 Home Runs hit)

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