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The longest American League winning streak is 22, by the 2017 Cleveland Indians. 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 ...
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 ...
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. An (r) denotes a player's rookie season.
Ripken surpassed Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, whose record of 2,130 consecutive games had stood for 56 years. Before Gehrig, the record was held by Everett Scott (1,307 consecutive games), a shortstop with the Red Sox and Yankees whose streak ended in 1925, less than a month before Gehrig's began. Scott broke the record held by George ...
t. e. This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise postseason and World Series streaks. The list includes only the modern World Series between the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), not the various 19th-century championship series. The most successful postseason team in MLB history is the New York Yankees, who have ...
The record was previously held by Cobb until the integration of Negro-league statistics into Major League Baseball's record books on May 28, 2024. Since then, Gibson not only holds the new record for career batting average, but also the records for career OPS with 1.177 and slugging with .718, as well as the single-season records in all three ...
Houston Astros, AL (106–56) (.654) Atlanta Braves, NL (101–61) (.623) New York Mets, NL (101–61) (.623) 2023. Atlanta Braves, NL (104–58) (.642) Baltimore Orioles, AL (101–61) (.623) Los Angeles Dodgers, NL (100–62) (.617) The 2018 season was the first time either league had more than two teams win 100 or more games in the same ...
Josh Gibson holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler 's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season. Record.