Demeter's errorless game streak would stand as a record for outfielders for almost 28 years, until on July 16, 1993, Darren Lewis would play in his 267th consecutive error-less game. Following his career, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 1999, he became part of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame. Writing for the Society for American Baseball Research in 2007, Jonathan Arnold said Demeter was "a very highly regarded player during his career, [though] he is largely a forgotten man now."
