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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 list below ...
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 MLB portion of the streak extended from ...
The most successful postseason team in MLB history is the New York Yankees, who have achieved three of the four instances of a franchise winning more than two World Series championships in a row (one streak each of durations 3, 4, and 5 seasons) and five of the six instances of a franchise winning the league pennant (i.e., an appearance in the ...
There have been 55 occurrences in Major League Baseball where a player had a hitting streak of at least 30 games. [5] Multiple streaks in the same season have occurred in 1922 (George Sisler and Rogers Hornsby), 1987 (Paul Molitor and Benito Santiago), 1997 (Nomar Garciaparra and Sandy Alomar Jr.), 1999 (Vladimir Guerrero and Luis Gonzalez), 2006 (Chase Utley and Willy Taveras), and 2011 ...
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 (3 tied) Pedro Martínez, Boston Red Sox – April–June, 1999; Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins – July ...
Joltin' Joe" actually hit in 57 straight MLB games – singling in the 1941 All-Star game held mid-streak [94] – and 73 out of 74 regular season games, starting a 17-game streak the day after his 56-game one ended. [95] He also holds the second longest streak in minor league baseball history, 61 games, set in 1933. [94]
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
Throughout the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), franchises have had various postseason and World Series droughts.. All 16 of the original Major League franchises (i.e., those in place when the first World Series was played in 1903) have won the World Series, with the longest wait for a franchise's first championship being for the Phillies (77 seasons, ending in 1980).