For most of baseball history, the on-base streak has been overshadowed by the hitting streak.
Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941 appears on any list of unapproachable numbers. Ted Williams' 84-game on-base streak in 1949 never gets a call.
The hitting streak was seen as more difficult to achieve because there is only one way to keep it going. The hit was valued more than the walk.
That has begun to change in the last generation, with on-base percentage and the walks that come with it becoming more significant.
Not everyone is in agreement.