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

• 84 - Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox -

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 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 - Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves - 1955 through 1971

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 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

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

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 (2 tied)
  • Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers - May 16 through 22, 2003
  • Rod Beck, Chicago Cubs - August 30 through September 5, 1998

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 innings records

Consecutive scoreless innings pitched

• 59.0 - Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles Dodgers - August 30, 1988 through September 28, 1988. (does not include 8 scoreless innings pitched in Hershiser's next appearance in Game 1 of the NLCS or 2/3 of a scoreless inning pitched on April 5, 1989 to open the next season, as Elias Sports Bureau credits a starting pitcher with a scoreless inning only if no runs score in that inning)

Consecutive hitless innings pitched

• 25.1 - Cy Young, Boston Americans - April 25 through May 11, 1904 (included one perfect game)

Consecutive perfect innings pitched

• 15.0 - Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox - July 18 through July 28, 2009 (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 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, 40 or more saves

• 4 - (2 tied)
  • Trevor Hoffman, San Diego Padres - 1998 through 2001, 2004 through 2007
  • Francisco Rodriguez, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 2005 through 2008

Consecutive seasons, 30 or more saves

• 9 - Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees - 2003 through 2011 (active streak)

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
• Second base - 911 - Plácido Polanco, Detroit Tigers / Philadelphia Phillies - July 1, 2006, through April 7, 2008
• 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 Martinez 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)

• 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 Martinez, Boston Red Sox - April, 1999 through June, 1999
  • Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins - July, 2004 through September, 2004

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

• 3 - Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners - April, 2001 through June, 2001

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

External links

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