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The longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all three seasons) and tied by the 1998–99 Yankees. According to Major League Baseball's policy on winning streaks, tie games do not end a team's winning streak. [1]
Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is the longest in Major League Baseball history. In baseball, a hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit. According to the Official Baseball Rules, such a streak is not necessarily ended when a player has at least 1 plate ...
The 1889 Louisville Colonels hold the record for the longest losing streak in official MLB history at 26 games, though the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics lost 31 consecutive games in the National Association, a number that is not considered official by MLB.
Chicago's streak is the longest in MLB in 36 years, dating back to the 1988 Baltimore Orioles. Those Orioles got off to an 0-21 start for the longest losing streak in AL history.
The MLB portion of Matsui's streak lasted for 519 games and is an MLB record for consecutive games to start a player's career. The entire combined streak stretched from August 22, 1993, to May 10, 2006, and was ended by a wrist injury sustained during what was his 519th consecutive game (see above ).
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)
This losing streak is the longest in MLB history, breaking the mark of 23 set by Cliff Curtis in 1910–11. [4] [5] During the losing streak, Young converted 12 straight save opportunities and threw 23 + 2 ⁄ 3 consecutive scoreless innings while filling in for Mets closer John Franco.
That streak is the second-longest in the history of Minor League Baseball, behind a 69-game streak by Joe Wilhoit, and remains a PCL record. [2] After joining the Yankees in 1936, DiMaggio became the club's center fielder and was a member of World Series-winning teams in each of his first four major league seasons. [3]