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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]
The following is a listing of pitching win and winning percentage records in Major League Baseball. All teams are considered to be members of the American or National Leagues, unless noted. Players denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted.
Consecutive seasons, 20 or more wins. 12 – Christy Mathewson, New York Giants – 1903–1914; 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 ...
On this day in 1933, Lou Gehrig became baseball's Iron Man, breaking the record for most consecutive games played with 1,308. Ripken broke the record in 1995, and will likely hold it for decades ...
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
The Cleveland Indians established a new Major League record for most consecutive games won in stunning fashion on Thursday night, scoring a run each in the ninth and 10th innings to steal a 3-2 ...
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 ).
The same can be said for the 59 consecutive scoreless innings Orel Hershiser tossed from August 1988 to April 1989, and Ichiro Suzuki's 262 hits in 2004. ... there are at least 27 MLB records that ...