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The following is: a list of notable individual player streaks achieved in Major League Baseball.
Hittingβ»
Consecutive game recordsβ»
Consecutive games with a hit
- 56 β Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees β May 15 through July 16, 1941
Consecutive games with a home run
- 8 (3 tied)
- Dale Long, Pittsburgh Pirates β May 19 through May 28, 1956
- Don Mattingly, New York Yankees β July 8 through July 18, 1987
- Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle Mariners β July 20 through July 28, 1993
Consecutive games reaching base
- 84 β Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox β July 1 through September 27, 1949
Consecutive games without a strikeout
- 115 β Joe Sewell, Cleveland Indians β May 17 through September 19, 1929
Consecutive games with a strikeout
- 37 β Aaron Judge, New York Yankees β July 8 through August 21, 2017
Consecutive games with two. Or more hits
- 15 β Count Campau, St. Louis Browns β July 5 through July 23, 1890
Consecutive games with three/more hits
- 6 (3 tied)
- Sam Thompson, Philadelphia Phillies β June 11 through 21, 1895
- Jimmy Johnston, Brooklyn Dodgers β June 24 through June 30, 1923
- George Brett, Kansas City Royals β May 8 through 13, 1976
Consecutive games with a RBI
- 17 β Ray Grimes, Chicago Cubs β June 27 through July 23, 1922
Consecutive games scoring one or more runs
- 24 β Billy Hamilton, Philadelphia Phillies β July 6 through August 2, 1894
Consecutive games with a walk
- 22 β Roy Cullenbine, Detroit Tigers β July 2 through July 22, 1947
Consecutive games with a double
- 9 β Bo Bichette, Toronto Blue Jays β July 31 through August 8, 2019
Consecutive games with a triple
- 5 (2 tied)
- Harry Davis, Pittsburgh Pirates β July 29 through August 3, 1897
- Chief Wilson, Pittsburgh Pirates β June 17 through July 20, 1912
Consecutive pinch-hit appearances with a home run
- 3 (2 tied)
- Lee Lacy, Los Angeles Dodgers β May 2, "6," and 17, 1978
- Del Unser, Philadelphia Phillies β June 30, July 5 and "10," 1979
Consecutive plate appearance recordsβ»
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 β Earl Averill Jr., Los Angeles Angels β 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 β Piggy Ward, Baltimore Orioles/Cincinnati Reds β June 16 through June 19, 1893 (8 hits, 8 walks, 1 hit-by-pitch)
Consecutive plate appearances with a hit
- 12 (3 tied)
- Johnny Kling, Chicago Cubs β August 24 through 28, 1902
- Walt Dropo, Detroit Tigers β July 14 and 15, 1952
- JosΓ© Miranda, Minnesota Twins - July 3 through 6, 2024
Consecutive plate appearances with a walk
- 7 (5 tied)
- Billy Rogell, Detroit Tigers β August 17 through 19, 1938
- Mel Ott, New York Giants β June 16 through 18, 1943
- Eddie Stanky, New York Giants β August 29 and 30, 1950
- JosΓ© Canseco, Oakland Athletics β August 4 and 5, 1992
- Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants β September 24 through 26, 2004
Consecutive season recordsβ»
Consecutive seasons hitting .300 or better (50 or more games)
- 23 β Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers β 1906β1928
Consecutive seasons, 100 or more RBI
- 13 (3 tied)
- Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees β 1926β1938
- Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Sox β 1929β1941
- Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees β 1998β2010
Consecutive seasons with 200 or more hits
- 10 β Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners β 2001β2010
Consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits
- 17 (2 tied)
- Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves β 1955β1971
- Derek Jeter, New York Yankees β 1996β2012
Consecutive seasons with 100 or more runs scored
- 13 (3 tied)
- Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees β 1926β1938
- Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves β 1955β1967
- Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees β 1996β2008
Consecutive seasons with 50 or more home runs
- 4 - Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals - 1996β1999
- 4 - Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs - 1998β2001
Consecutive seasons with 40 or more home runs
- 7 β Babe Ruth, New York Yankees β 1926β1932
Consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs
- 13 (2 tied)
- Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants β 1992β2004
- Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees β 1998β2010
Consecutive seasons with 40 or more doubles
- 7 β Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals β 1933β1939
Consecutive seasons with 20 or more triples
- 3 β Sam Crawford, Detroit Tigers - 1912β1914
Consecutive seasons with 100 or more walks
- 8 (2 tied)
- Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox β 1991 through 1998
- Bobby Abreu, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees β 1999β2006
Consecutive seasons with 600 or more at-bats
- 13 β Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies β 1968β1980
Consecutive seasons, .400 on-base percentage or better
- 17 β Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox β 1939β1958
Consecutive seasons, .600 slugging percentage or better (50 or more games)
- 7 β Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants β 1998β2004
- 7 β Babe Ruth, New York Yankees β 1926β1932
Baserunningβ»
Consecutive stolen bases without being caught stealing
- 50 β Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals β September 18, 1988 β July 26, 1989
Consecutive games with a stolen base
- 12 β Bert Campaneris, Oakland Athletics β June 10, 1969 β June 21, 1969
Consecutive seasons, 100 or more stolen bases
- 3 β Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals β 1985β1987
Consecutive seasons, 50 or more stolen bases
- 12 β Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinals β 1965β1976
Consecutive seasons, 40 or more stolen bases
- 14 β Rickey Henderson, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays β 1980β1993
Pitchingβ»
Consecutive game recordsβ»
Consecutive games won
- 24 β Carl Hubbell, New York Giants β July 18, 1936 β May 27, 1937 (record set over two seasons)
Consecutive games won within a single season
- 19 (3 tied)
- Tim Keefe, New York Giants β June 23 β August 10, 1888
- Rube Marquard, New York Giants β April 11 β July 3, 1912 (streak began on Opening Day)
- Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros β May 27 β October 15, 2019
Consecutive complete games (since 1900)
- 39 β Jack Taylor, St. Louis Cardinals β April 15 β October 6, 1904
Consecutive games without being relieved
- 202 β Jack Taylor, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals β June 20, 1901 β August 13, 1906 (187 starts, all complete games. And 15 relief appearances)
Consecutive shutouts
- 6 β Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers β May 14 β June 4, 1968
Consecutive no-hit games
- 2 β Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati Reds β June 11 and 15, 1938
Consecutive quality starts (six or more innings and three or fewer earned runs) (since 1920)
- 26 β Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals β September 12, 1967 β July 30, 1968
- 26 - Jacob deGrom, New York Mets - May 18, 2018 - April 3, 2019
Consecutive quality starts within a single season (since 1920)
- 25 - Framber Valdez, Houston Astros β April 25 β September 18, 2022
Consecutive games with 10 or more strikeouts
- 11 β Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros β August 7 β October 10, 2019
Consecutive saves converted
- 84 β Γric GagnΓ©, Los Angeles Dodgers β August 28, 2002 β July 5, 2004 (record set over three seasons)
Consecutive team games with a save
- 6 (3 tied)
- Γric GagnΓ©, Los Angeles Dodgers β May 16β22, 2003
- Rod Beck, Chicago Cubs β August 30 through September 5, 1998
- Addison Reed, Chicago White Sox β August 16β22, 2013
Consecutive team games with a relief appearance
- 13 (2 tied)
- Mike Marshall, Los Angeles Dodgers β June 18 through July 3, 1974
- Dale Mohorcic, Texas Rangers β August 6β20, 1986
Consecutive relief appearances with one or more strikeouts
- 49 β Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds β August 21, 2013 through August 13, 2014 (record set over two seasons)
Consecutive relief appearances to start a season with one or more strikeouts
- 45 β Corey Knebel, Milwaukee Brewers β April 3, 2017 through July 15, 2017
Consecutive relief appearances without allowing an earned run
- 43 - Zach Britton, Baltimore Orioles - May 1, 2016 through August 24, 2016
Consecutive innings recordsβ»
Consecutive scoreless innings pitched
- 59 β Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles Dodgers β 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 theββnext season)
Consecutive hitless innings pitched
- 25.1 β Cy Young, Boston Americans β April 25 through May 11, 1904 (included one perfect game)
Consecutive perfect innings pitched
- 15.1 β Yusmeiro Petit, San Francisco Giants β 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 β Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox β July 18β28, 2009 (as starting pitcher, included one perfect game)
Consecutive innings pitched with a strikeout
- 73 β Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros β August 7 through October 10, 2019
Consecutive innings pitched without allowing walk
- 84.1 β Bill Fischer, Kansas City Athletics β August 3 through September 30, 1962
Consecutive innings pitched without allowing home run (modern era)
- 269.1 β Greg Minton, San Francisco Giants β June 1, 1979 through May 1, 1982
Consecutive innings pitched without allowing a home run (dead-ball era)
- 1001 β Ed Killian, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers β September 19, 1903, through August 7, 1907
Consecutive batters faced with a strikeout
- 10 (4 tied)
- Tom Seaver, New York Mets β April 22, 1970 (as a starting pitcher)
- Γric GagnΓ©, Los Angeles Dodgers β May 17β21, 2003 (as a relief pitcher)
- Aaron Nola, Philadelphia Phillies β June 25, 2021
- Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee Brewers β August 11, 2021
Consecutive strikes thrown (since pitch-by-pitch record keeping was introduced in 1988; includes foul balls and balls-in-play)
- 38 β Bartolo ColΓ³n, Oakland Athletics β April 18, 2012
Consecutive strikes thrown to start a game (since 1988)
- 24 β George Kirby, Seattle Mariners β August 24, 2022
Consecutive scoreless innings pitched to start a major league career
- 39 β Brad Ziegler, Oakland Athletics β May 31 through August 14, 2008
Consecutive season recordsβ»
Consecutive seasons, 30 or more wins
- 6 β Tim Keefe, New York Metropolitans (American Association) and New York Giants 1883β1888
Consecutive seasons, 20 or more wins
- 12 β Christy Mathewson, New York Giants β 1903β1914
Consecutive seasons, 10 or more wins
- 20 β Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres β 1988β2007 (includes a streak of 17 seasons with 15 or more wins, also a record)
Consecutive seasons, 300 or more strikeouts
- 5 β Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, and Arizona Diamondbacks β 1998β2002
Consecutive seasons, 200 or more strikeouts
- 9 β Tom Seaver, New York Mets β 1968β1976
Consecutive seasons winning Triple Crown (lowest ERA, most wins, and most strikeouts in league - starting pitchers only)
- 2 - (4 tied)
- - Grover Cleveland Alexander, Philadelphia Phillies (National League) - 1915β1916
- - Lefty Grove, Philadelphia Athletics (American League) - 1930β1931 (led both leagues in both seasons)
- - Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers (National League) - 1965β1966 (led both leagues in both seasons)
- - Roger Clemens, Toronto Blue Jays (American League) - 1997β1998
Consecutive Opening Day starts
- 14 β Jack Morris, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays β 1980β1993
Consecutive seasons, 50 or more saves
- 2 (2 tied)
- Γric GagnΓ©, Los Angeles Dodgers - 2002β2003
- Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles - 2012β2013
Consecutive seasons, 40 or more saves
- 4 β (3 tied)
- Trevor Hoffman (twice), San Diego Padres β 1998β2001 and 2004β2007
- Francisco RodrΓguez, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim β 2005β2008
- Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves β 2011β2014
Consecutive seasons, 30 or more saves
- 9 β Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees β 2003β2011
Fieldingβ»
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 β 2,379 β Casey Kotchman, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim / Atlanta Braves / Boston Red Sox / Seattle Mariners β June 20, 2008, through August 21, 2010
- Second base β 911 β PlΓ‘cido Polanco, Detroit Tigers / Philadelphia Phillies β July 1, 2006, through April 7, 2008
- Shortstop β 544 β Mike Bordick, Baltimore Orioles / Toronto Blue Jays β April 10, 2002, through April 2, 2003
- Third base β 272 β Vinny Castilla, Colorado Rockies / Washington Nationals β July 4, 2004, through April 22, 2005
- Outfield β 938 β Darren Lewis, Oakland Athletics / San Francisco Giants β August 21 β October 3, 1990 / July 13, 1991, through June 29, 1994
- Catcher β 1,565 β Mike Matheny, St. Louis Cardinals β August 1, 2002, through August 4, 2004 (does not include passed balls)
- Pitcher β 273 β Claude Passeau, Chicago Cubs β September 21, 1941, through May 20, 1946
Source for figures through 2007: The Elias Book of Baseball Records, 2008.
Games playedβ»
Consecutive games played
- 2,632 β Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Orioles β May 30, 1982 through September 19, 1998
Consecutive innings played (non-pitcher)
- 8,243 β Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Orioles β June 5, 1982 through September 14, 1987 (record set over 903 games)
Consecutive seasons played
- 27 β Cap Anson, Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, and Chicago Colts β 1871β1897 (1871β1875 seasons were played in the National Association, a professional league which preceded Major League Baseball).
- 26 β Nolan Ryan, New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers β 1968β1993 (all seasons played in Major League Baseball)
Consecutive seasons played with one team
- 23 (2 tied)
- Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles β 1955β1977
- Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox β 1961β1983
Consecutive seasons played with different or multiple teams (includes off-season and mid-season changes)
- 12 β 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 β 1993β2004
Consecutive seasons with a playoff appearance
- 13 β Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees β 1995β2007
Awardsβ»
Consecutive MVP Awards
- 4 β Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants β 2001β2004
Consecutive Cy Young Awards
- 4 (2 tied)
- Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves β 1992β1995
- Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks β 1999β2002
Consecutive Gold Glove Awards
- 16 (2 tied)
- Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles β 1960β1975
- Jim Kaat, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies β 1962β1977
Consecutive Silver Slugger Awards (award first attributed in 1980)
- 10 β Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets β 1993β2002
Consecutive Hank Aaron Awards (award first attributed in 1999; fan voting first included in 2003)
- 3 β Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers β 2001β2003
Consecutive Edgar MartΓnez Awards (award first attributed in 1973, originally called the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award)
- 5 β David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox β 2003β2007
Consecutive Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Awards (award first attributed in 1976, discontinued after 2012)
- 4 β Dan Quisenberry, Kansas City Royals β 1982β1985
Consecutive MLB Player of the Month Awards (award first attributed in 1958)
- 3 β Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals β September, 1997 through May, 1998
Consecutive MLB Pitcher of the Month Awards (award first attributed in 1975)
- 3 (3 tied)
- Pedro MartΓnez, Boston Red Sox β AprilβJune, 1999
- Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins β JulyβSeptember, 2004
- Jake Arrieta, Chicago Cubs - August, 2015 through April, 2016
Consecutive MLB Rookie of the Month Awards (award first attributed in 2001)
- 4 β Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim β MayβAugust, 2012
Consecutive All-Star Game appearances
- 25 β Hank Aaron, Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers β 1955β1975 (two games were played from 1959β1962)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Clarifying Some of the Records*". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
- ^ 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 October 14, 2012.
- ^ "Gerrit Cole Had an Insane Strikeout Streak End Tonight". 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Box Score, April 18, 2012".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Carig, Marc (August 14, 2011). "The Yankees This Week: Mariano Rivera drawing skepticism". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012.
- ^ "M's Kotchman sets mark for errorless chances". cnnsi.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ "Polanco's errorless streak ends". redsox.com. Retrieved 2008-04-08.