List of Major League Baseball individual streaks

The following is a list of notable individual streaks achieved in Major League Baseball.

Hitting

Consecutive game records

Consecutive games with a hit

• 56 – Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees – May 15 through July 16, 1941

Consecutive games hitting a home run

• 8 (3 tied)
  • Dale Long, Pittsburgh Pirates – May 19 through May 28, 1956
  • Don Mattingly, – New York Yankees – July 8 through July 18, 1987
  • Ken Griffey, Jr., Seattle Mariners – July 20 through July 28, 1993

Consecutive games reaching base (official) (includes only outcomes that increase on-base percentage: base hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch)

• 84 – Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox – July 1 through September 27, 1949

Consecutive games without a strikeout

• 115 – Joe Sewell, Cleveland Indians – May 17 through September 19, 1929

Consecutive games with two or more hits

• 15 – Count Campau, St. Louis Browns – July 5 through July 23, 1890.

Consecutive games with three or more hits

• 6 (3 tied)
  • Sam Thompson, Philadelphia Phillies – June 11 through 21, 1895
  • Jimmy Johnston, Brooklyn Dodgers – June 24 through June 30, 1923
  • George Brett, Kansas City Royals – May 8 through 13, 1976

Consecutive games with an extra base hit

• 14 (2 tied)
  • Paul Waner, Pittsburgh Pirates – June 6 through June 20, 1927
  • Chipper Jones, Atlanta Braves – June 26 through July 16, 2006

Consecutive games with an RBI

• 17 – Ray Grimes, Chicago Cubs – June 27 through July 23, 1922

Consecutive games scoring one or more runs

• 24 – Billy Hamilton, Philadelphia Phillies – July 6 through August 2, 1894

Consecutive games with a walk

• 22 – Roy Cullenbine, Detroit Tigers – July 2 through July 22, 1947

Consecutive games with a triple

• 5 (2 tied)
  • Harry Davis, Pittsburgh Pirates – July 29 through August 3, 1897
  • Chief Wilson, Pittsburgh Pirates – June 17 through 20, 1912

Consecutive pinch-hit appearances with a home run

• 3 (2 tied)
  • Lee Lacy, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 2, 6, and 17, 1978
  • Del Unser, Philadelphia Phillies – June 30, July 5 and 10, 1979

Consecutive plate appearance records

Consecutive plate appearances reaching base (unofficial) (includes all possible ways of reaching base: base hit, walk, hit-by-pitch, error, fielder's choice, dropped third strike, catcher's interference and fielder's obstruction)

• 17 – Earl Averill, Jr., Los Angeles Angels – June 3 through June 10 (first game), 1962 (7 hits, 8 walks, 1 error, 1 fielder's choice)

Consecutive plate appearances reaching base (official) (includes all possible ways of reaching base which raise a batter's OBP: base hit, walk, hit-by-pitch)

• 17 – Piggy Ward, Baltimore Orioles/Cincinnati Reds – June 16 through June 19, 1893 (8 hits, 8 walks, 1 hit-by-pitch)

Consecutive plate appearances with a hit

• 12 (2 tied)
  • Johnny Kling, Chicago Cubs – August 24 through 28, 1902
  • Walt Dropo, Detroit Tigers – July 14 and 15, 1952

Consecutive plate appearances with a walk

• 7 (5 tied)
  • Billy Rogell, Detroit Tigers – August 17 through 19, 1938
  • Mel Ott, New York Giants – June 16 through 18, 1943
  • Eddie Stanky, New York Giants – August 29 and 30, 1950
  • José Canseco, Oakland Athletics – August 4 and 5, 1992
  • Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants – September 24 through 26, 2004

Consecutive season records

Consecutive seasons hitting .300 or better (50 or more games)

• 23 – Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers – 1906 through 1928

Consecutive seasons, 100 or more RBI

• 13 (3 tied)
  • Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees – 1926 through 1938
  • Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Sox – 1929 through 1941
  • Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees – 1998 through 2010

Consecutive seasons with 200 or more hits

• 10 – Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners – 2001 through 2010

Consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits

• 17 (2 tied)
  • Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves – 1955 through 1971
  • Derek Jeter, New York Yankees – 1996 through 2012

Consecutive seasons with 100 or more runs scored

• 13 (3 tied)
  • Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees – 1926 through 1938
  • Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves – 1955 through 1967
  • Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees – 1996 through 2008

Consecutive seasons with 50 or more home runs

• 4 - Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals - 1996 through 1999
• 4 - Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs - 1998 through 2001

Consecutive seasons with 40 or more home runs

• 7 – Babe Ruth, New York Yankees – 1926 through 1932

Consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs

• 13 (2 tied)
  • Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants – 1992 through 2004
  • Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees – 1998 through 2010

Consecutive seasons with 40 or more doubles

• 7 – Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals – 1933 through 1939

Consecutive seasons with 20 or more triples

• 3 – Sam Crawford, Detroit Tigers - 1912 through 1914

Consecutive seasons with 100 or more walks

• 8 (2 tied)
  • Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox – 1991 through 1998
  • Bobby Abreu, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees – 1999 through 2006

Consecutive seasons with 600 or more at-bats

• 13 – Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies – 1968 through 1980

Consecutive seasons, .400 on-base percentage or better

• 17 – Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox – 1939 through 1958

Consecutive seasons, .600 slugging percentage or better (50 or more games)

• 7 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants – 1998 through 2004
• 7 – Babe Ruth, New York Yankees – 1926 through 1932

Baserunning

Consecutive stolen bases without being caught stealing

• 50 – Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals – September 18, 1988 through July 26, 1989

Consecutive games with a stolen base

• 12 – Bert Campaneris, Oakland Athletics – June 10, 1969 through June 21, 1969

Consecutive seasons, 100 or more stolen bases

• 3 – Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals – 1985 through 1987

Consecutive seasons, 50 or more stolen bases

• 12 – Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinals – 1965 through 1976

Consecutive seasons, 40 or more stolen bases

• 14 – Rickey Henderson, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays – 1980 through 1993

Pitching

Consecutive game records

Consecutive games won

• 24 – Carl Hubbell, New York Giants – July 18, 1936 through May 27, 1937 (record set over two seasons)

Consecutive games won within a single season

• 19 (2 tied)
  • Tim Keefe, New York Giants – June 23 through August 10, 1888
  • Rube Marquard, New York Giants – April 11 through July 3, 1912 (streak began on Opening Day)

Consecutive complete games (since 1900)

• 39 – Jack Taylor, St. Louis Cardinals – April 15 through October 6, 1904

Consecutive games without being relieved

• 202 – Jack Taylor, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals – June 20, 1901 through August 13, 1906 (187 starts, all complete games, and 15 relief appearances)

Consecutive shutouts

• 6 – Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 14 through June 4, 1968

Consecutive no-hit games

• 2 – Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati Reds – June 11 and 15, 1938

Consecutive quality starts (six or more innings and three or fewer earned runs) (since 1920)

• 26 – Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals – September 12, 1967 – July 30, 1968

Consecutive games with 10 or more strikeouts

• 8 – Pedro Martínez, Boston Red Sox – August 19 through September 27, 1999
• 8 – Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox – May 23 through June 30, 2015

Consecutive saves converted

• 84 – Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – August 28, 2002 through July 5, 2004 (record set over three seasons)

Consecutive team games with a save

• 6 (3 tied)
  • Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 16 through 22, 2003
  • Rod Beck, Chicago Cubs – August 30 through September 5, 1998
  • Addison Reed, Chicago White Sox – August 16 through August 22, 2013

Consecutive team games with a relief appearance

• 13 (2 tied)
  • Mike Marshall, Los Angeles Dodgers – June 18 through July 3, 1974
  • Dale Mohorcic, Texas Rangers – August 6 through 20, 1986

Consecutive relief appearances with one or more strikeouts

• 49 – Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds – August 21, 2013 through August 13, 2014 (record set over two seasons)

Consecutive relief appearances without allowing a run

• 43 - Zach Britton, Baltimore Orioles - May 1, 2016 through August 24, 2016

Consecutive innings records

Consecutive scoreless innings pitched

• 59 – Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles Dodgers – August 30, 1988 through September 28, 1988. (does not include 8 scoreless innings pitched in Game 1 of the 1988 NLCS or 2/3 scoreless innings pitched on April 5, 1989 to open the next season)

Consecutive hitless innings pitched

• 25.1 – Cy Young, Boston Americans – April 25 through May 11, 1904 (included one perfect game)^[1][2]

Consecutive perfect innings pitched

• 15.1 – Yusmeiro Petit, San Francisco Giants – July 22 through August 28, 2014 (as starting and relief pitcher over 8 games, 1st and 8th games as starting pitcher and 2nd through 7th games as a relief pitcher)
• 15.0 – Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox – July 18 through July 28, 2009 (as starting pitcher, included one perfect game)

Consecutive innings pitched without allowing a walk

• 84.1 – Bill Fischer, Kansas City Athletics – August 3 through September 30, 1962

Consecutive innings pitched without allowing a home run (modern era)

• 269.1 – Greg Minton, San Francisco Giants – June 1, 1979 through May 1, 1982

Consecutive innings pitched without allowing a home run (dead-ball era)

• 1001 – Ed Killian, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers – September 19, 1903, through August 7, 1907

Consecutive batters faced with a strikeout

• 10 (2 tied)
  • Tom Seaver, New York Mets – April 22, 1970 (as a starting pitcher)
  • Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 17 through May 21, 2003 (as a relief pitcher)

Consecutive strikes thrown (since pitch-by-pitch recordkeeping introduced in 1988; includes foul balls and balls-in-play)

• 38 – Bartolo Colón, Oakland Athletics – April 18, 2012 ^[3]

Consecutive scoreless innings pitched to start a Major League career

• 39 – Brad Ziegler, Oakland Athletics – May 31 through August 14, 2008

Consecutive season records

Consecutive seasons, 30 or more wins

• 6 – Tim Keefe, New York Metropolitans (American Association) and New York Giants 1883 through 1888

Consecutive seasons, 20 or more wins

• 12 – Christy Mathewson, New York Giants – 1903 through 1914

Consecutive seasons, 10 or more wins

• 20 – Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres – 1988–2007 (includes a streak of 17 seasons with 15 or more wins, also a record)

Consecutive seasons, 300 or more strikeouts

• 5 – Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, and Arizona Diamondbacks – 1998 through 2002

Consecutive seasons, 200 or more strikeouts

• 9 – Tom Seaver, New York Mets – 1968 through 1976

Consecutive Opening Day starts

• 14 – Jack Morris, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays – 1980 through 1993

Consecutive seasons, 50 or more saves

• 2 - Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers - 2002 through 2003
• 2 - Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles - 2012 through 2013

Consecutive seasons, 40 or more saves

• 4 – (3 tied)^[4]
  • Trevor Hoffman (twice), San Diego Padres – 1998 through 2001 and 2004 through 2007
  • Francisco Rodríguez, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – 2005 through 2008
  • Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves – 2011 through 2014

Consecutive seasons, 30 or more saves

• 9 – Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees – 2003 through 2011^[5]

Fielding

The nature and demands of each position differ significantly, thus the records are separated by position. The streaks listed below are only relative to a player's fielding chances while playing the listed position. Errors made at other positions would not disrupt the streak listed.

Consecutive fielding chances at each position without an error

• First base – 2,379 – Casey Kotchman, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim / Atlanta Braves / Boston Red Sox / Seattle Mariners – June 20, 2008, through August 21, 2010^[6]
• Second base – 911 – Plácido Polanco, Detroit Tigers / Philadelphia Phillies – July 1, 2006, through April 7, 2008^[7]
• Shortstop – 544 – Mike Bordick, Baltimore Orioles / Toronto Blue Jays – April 10, 2002, through April 2, 2003
• Third base – 272 – Vinny Castilla, Colorado Rockies / Washington Nationals – July 4, 2004, through April 22, 2005
• Outfield – 938 – Darren Lewis, Oakland Athletics / San Francisco Giants – August 21 – October 3, 1990 / July 13, 1991, through June 29, 1994
• Catcher – 1,565 – Mike Matheny, St. Louis Cardinals – August 1, 2002, through August 4, 2004 (does not include passed balls)
• Pitcher – 273 – Claude Passeau, Chicago Cubs – September 21, 1941, through May 20, 1946

Source for figures through 2007: The Elias Book of Baseball Records, 2008.

Games played

Consecutive games played

• 2,632 – Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles – May 30, 1982 through September 19, 1998

Consecutive innings played (non-pitcher)

• 8,243 – Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles – June 5, 1982 through September 14, 1987 (record set over 903 games)

Consecutive seasons played

• 27 – Cap Anson, Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, and Chicago Colts – 1871 through 1897 (1871–1875 seasons were played in the National Association, a professional league which preceded Major League Baseball).
• 26 – Nolan Ryan, New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers – 1968 through 1993 (all seasons played in Major League Baseball)

Consecutive seasons played with one team

• 23 (2 tied)
  • Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles – 1955 through 1977
  • Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox – 1961 through 1983

Consecutive seasons played with different or multiple teams (includes off-season and mid-season changes)

• 12 – Terry Mulholland, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, and Minnesota Twins – 1993 through 2004

Consecutive seasons with a playoff appearance

• 13 – Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees – 1995 through 2007

Awards

Consecutive MVP Awards

• 4 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants – 2001 through 2004

Consecutive Cy Young Awards

• 4 (2 tied)
  • Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves – 1992 through 1995
  • Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks – 1999 through 2002

Consecutive Gold Glove Awards

• 16 (2 tied)
  • Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles – 1960 through 1975
  • Jim Kaat, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies – 1962 through 1977

Consecutive Silver Slugger Awards (award first attributed in 1980)

• 10 – Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets – 1993 through 2002

Consecutive Hank Aaron Awards (award first attributed in 1999; fan voting first included in 2003)

• 3 – Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers – 2001 through 2003

Consecutive Edgar Martínez Awards (award first attributed in 1973, originally called the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award)

• 5 – David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox – 2003 through 2007

Consecutive Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Awards (award first attributed in 1976, discontinued after 2012)

• 4 – Dan Quisenberry, Kansas City Royals – 1982 through 1985

Consecutive MLB Player of the Month Awards (award first attributed in 1958)

• 3 – Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals – September, 1997 through May, 1998

Consecutive MLB Pitcher of the Month Awards (award first attributed in 1975)

• 3 (2 tied)
  • Pedro Martínez, Boston Red Sox – April through June, 1999
  • Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins – July through September, 2004

Consecutive MLB Rookie of the Month Awards (award first attributed in 2001)

• 4 – Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – May through August, 2012

Consecutive All-Star Game appearances

• 25 – Hank Aaron, Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers – 1955 through 1975 (two games were played from 1959–1962)

See also

• Major League Baseball titles streaks

References

1. "Clarifying Some of the Records*". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011.
2. Peticca, Mike (July 27, 2011). "No-hitters: Did you ever attend a record-book type major league game? Tell us your memories". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on August 4, 2011.
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA201204180.shtml
4. Simon, Mark (January 11, 2011). "Does HOF await Trevor Hoffman?". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 3, 2011. Only three pitchers have had streaks of four straight seasons with at least 40 saves. Hoffman did it not once, but twice.
5. Carig, Marc (August 14, 2011). "The Yankees This Week: Mariano Rivera drawing skepticism". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011.
6. "M's Kotchman sets mark for errorless chances". cnnsi.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
7. "Polanco's errorless streak ends". redsox.com. Retrieved 2008-04-08.

External links

• Baseball's 11 greatest individual streaks in major league history