List of Major League Baseball individual streaks - wikipedia List of Major League Baseball individual streaks This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2011 ) The following is a list of notable individual streaks achieved in Major League Baseball. Contents 1 Hitting 1.1 Consecutive game records 1.2 Consecutive plate appearance records 1.3 Consecutive season records 2 Baserunning 3 Pitching 3.1 Consecutive game records 3.2 Consecutive innings records 3.3 Consecutive season records 4 Fielding 5 Games played 6 Awards 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Hitting Consecutive game records Consecutive games with a hit 56 -- Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees -- May 15 through July 16, 1941 Consecutive games hitting a home run 8 ( 3 tied ) Dale Long, Pittsburgh Pirates -- May 19 through May 28, 1956 Don Mattingly, New York Yankees -- July 8 through July 18, 1987 Ken Griffey, Jr., Seattle Mariners -- July 20 through July 28, 1993 Consecutive games reaching base 84 -- Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox -- July 1 through September 27, 1949 Consecutive games without a strikeout 115 -- Joe Sewell, Cleveland Indians -- May 17 through September 19, 1929 Consecutive games with a strikeout 37 -- Aaron Judge, New York Yankees -- July 8 through August 21, 2017 Consecutive games with two or more hits 15 -- Count Campau, St. Louis Browns -- July 5 through July 23, 1890. Consecutive games with three or more hits 6 ( 3 tied ) Sam Thompson, Philadelphia Phillies -- June 11 through 21, 1895 Jimmy Johnston, Brooklyn Dodgers -- June 24 through June 30, 1923 George Brett, Kansas City Royals -- May 8 through 13, 1976 Consecutive games with an extra base hit 14 ( 2 tied ) Paul Waner, Pittsburgh Pirates -- June 6 through June 20, 1927 Chipper Jones, Atlanta Braves -- June 26 through July 16, 2006 Consecutive games with an RBI 17 -- Ray Grimes, Chicago Cubs -- June 27 through July 23, 1922 Consecutive games scoring one or more runs 24 -- Billy Hamilton, Philadelphia Phillies -- July 6 through August 2, 1894 Consecutive games with a walk 22 -- Roy Cullenbine, Detroit Tigers -- July 2 through July 22, 1947 Consecutive games with a triple 5 ( 2 tied ) Harry Davis, Pittsburgh Pirates -- July 29 through August 3, 1897 Chief Wilson, Pittsburgh Pirates -- June 17 through 20, 1912 Consecutive pinch - hit appearances with a home run 3 ( 2 tied ) Lee Lacy, Los Angeles Dodgers -- May 2, 6, and 17, 1978 Del Unser, Philadelphia Phillies -- June 30, July 5 and 10, 1979 Consecutive plate appearance records 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 -- Earl Averill, Jr., Los Angeles Angels -- 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 -- Piggy Ward, Baltimore Orioles / Cincinnati Reds -- June 16 through June 19, 1893 ( 8 hits, 8 walks, 1 hit - by - pitch ) Consecutive plate appearances with a hit 12 ( 2 tied ) Johnny Kling, Chicago Cubs -- August 24 through 28, 1902 Walt Dropo, Detroit Tigers -- July 14 and 15, 1952 Consecutive plate appearances with a walk 7 ( 5 tied ) Billy Rogell, Detroit Tigers -- August 17 through 19, 1938 Mel Ott, New York Giants -- June 16 through 18, 1943 Eddie Stanky, New York Giants -- August 29 and 30, 1950 José Canseco, Oakland Athletics -- August 4 and 5, 1992 Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants -- September 24 through 26, 2004 Consecutive season records Consecutive seasons hitting. 300 or better ( 50 or more games ) 23 -- Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers -- 1906 through 1928 Consecutive seasons, 100 or more RBI 13 ( 3 tied ) Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees -- 1926 through 1938 Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia A 's and Boston Red Sox -- 1929 through 1941 Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees -- 1998 through 2010 Consecutive seasons with 200 or more hits 10 -- Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners -- 2001 through 2010 Consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits 17 ( 2 tied ) Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves -- 1955 through 1971 Derek Jeter, New York Yankees -- 1996 through 2012 Consecutive seasons with 100 or more runs scored 13 ( 3 tied ) Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees -- 1926 through 1938 Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves -- 1955 through 1967 Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees -- 1996 through 2008 Consecutive seasons with 50 or more home runs 4 - Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals - 1996 through 1999 4 - Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs - 1998 through 2001 Consecutive seasons with 40 or more home runs 7 -- Babe Ruth, New York Yankees -- 1926 through 1932 Consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs 13 ( 2 tied ) Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants -- 1992 through 2004 Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees -- 1998 through 2010 Consecutive seasons with 40 or more doubles 7 -- Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals -- 1933 through 1939 Consecutive seasons with 20 or more triples 3 -- Sam Crawford, Detroit Tigers - 1912 through 1914 Consecutive seasons with 100 or more walks 8 ( 2 tied ) Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox -- 1991 through 1998 Bobby Abreu, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees -- 1999 through 2006 Consecutive seasons with 600 or more at - bats 13 -- Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies -- 1968 through 1980 Consecutive seasons,. 400 on - base percentage or better 17 -- Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox -- 1939 through 1958 Consecutive seasons,. 600 slugging percentage or better ( 50 or more games ) 7 -- Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants -- 1998 through 2004 7 -- Babe Ruth, New York Yankees -- 1926 through 1932 Baserunning Consecutive stolen bases without being caught stealing 50 -- Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals -- September 18, 1988 through July 26, 1989 Consecutive games with a stolen base 12 -- Bert Campaneris, Oakland Athletics -- June 10, 1969 through June 21, 1969 Consecutive seasons, 100 or more stolen bases 3 -- Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals -- 1985 through 1987 Consecutive seasons, 50 or more stolen bases 12 -- Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinals -- 1965 through 1976 Consecutive seasons, 40 or more stolen bases 14 -- Rickey Henderson, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays -- 1980 through 1993 Pitching Consecutive game records Consecutive games won 24 -- Carl Hubbell, New York Giants -- July 18, 1936 through May 27, 1937 ( record set over two seasons ) Consecutive games won within a single season 19 ( 2 tied ) Tim Keefe, New York Giants -- June 23 through August 10, 1888 Rube Marquard, New York Giants -- April 11 through July 3, 1912 ( streak began on Opening Day ) Consecutive complete games ( since 1900 ) 39 -- Jack Taylor, St. Louis Cardinals -- April 15 through October 6, 1904 Consecutive games without being relieved 202 -- Jack Taylor, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals -- June 20, 1901 through August 13, 1906 ( 187 starts, all complete games, and 15 relief appearances ) Consecutive shutouts 6 -- Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers -- May 14 through June 4, 1968 Consecutive no - hit games 2 -- Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati Reds -- June 11 and 15, 1938 Consecutive quality starts ( six or more innings and three or fewer earned runs ) ( since 1920 ) 26 -- Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals -- September 12, 1967 -- July 30, 1968 Consecutive games with 10 or more strikeouts 8 -- Pedro Martínez, Boston Red Sox -- August 19 through September 27, 1999 8 -- Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox -- May 23 through June 30, 2015 8 -- Chris Sale, Boston Red Sox -- April 10 through May 19, 2017 Consecutive saves converted 84 -- Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers -- August 28, 2002 through July 5, 2004 ( record set over three seasons ) Consecutive team games with a save 6 ( 3 tied ) Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers -- May 16 through 22, 2003 Rod Beck, Chicago Cubs -- August 30 through September 5, 1998 Addison Reed, Chicago White Sox -- August 16 through August 22, 2013 Consecutive team games with a relief appearance 13 ( 2 tied ) Mike Marshall, Los Angeles Dodgers -- June 18 through July 3, 1974 Dale Mohorcic, Texas Rangers -- August 6 through 20, 1986 Consecutive relief appearances with one or more strikeouts 49 -- Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds -- 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 -- Corey Knebel, Milwaukee Brewers -- April 3, 2017 through July 15, 2017 Consecutive relief appearances without allowing a run 43 - Zach Britton, Baltimore Orioles - May 1, 2016 through August 24, 2016 Consecutive innings records Consecutive scoreless innings pitched 59 -- Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles Dodgers -- 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 the next season ) Consecutive hitless innings pitched 25.1 -- Cy Young, Boston Americans -- April 25 through May 11, 1904 ( included one perfect game ) Consecutive perfect innings pitched 15.1 -- Yusmeiro Petit, San Francisco Giants -- 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 -- Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox -- July 18 through July 28, 2009 ( as starting pitcher, included one perfect game ) Consecutive innings pitched without allowing a walk 84.1 -- Bill Fischer, Kansas City Athletics -- August 3 through September 30, 1962 Consecutive innings pitched without allowing a home run ( modern era ) 269.1 -- Greg Minton, San Francisco Giants -- June 1, 1979 through May 1, 1982 Consecutive innings pitched without allowing a home run ( dead - ball era ) 1001 -- Ed Killian, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers -- September 19, 1903, through August 7, 1907 Consecutive batters faced with a strikeout 10 ( 2 tied ) Tom Seaver, New York Mets -- April 22, 1970 ( as a starting pitcher ) Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers -- May 17 through May 21, 2003 ( as a relief pitcher ) Consecutive strikes thrown ( since pitch - by - pitch recordkeeping introduced in 1988 ; includes foul balls and balls - in - play ) 38 -- Bartolo Colón, Oakland Athletics -- April 18, 2012 Consecutive scoreless innings pitched to start a Major League career 39 -- Brad Ziegler, Oakland Athletics -- May 31 through August 14, 2008 Consecutive season records Consecutive seasons, 30 or more wins 6 -- Tim Keefe, New York Metropolitans ( American Association ) and New York Giants 1883 through 1888 Consecutive seasons, 20 or more wins 12 -- Christy Mathewson, New York Giants -- 1903 through 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 strikeouts 5 -- Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, and Arizona Diamondbacks -- 1998 through 2002 Consecutive seasons, 200 or more strikeouts 9 -- Tom Seaver, New York Mets -- 1968 through 1976 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 ) - 1915 through 1916 - Lefty Grove, Philadelphia Athletics ( American League ) - 1930 through 1931 ( led both leagues in both seasons ) - Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers ( National League ) - 1965 through 1966 ( led both leagues in both seasons ) - Roger Clemens, Toronto Blue Jays ( American League ) - 1997 through 1998 Consecutive Opening Day starts 14 -- Jack Morris, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays -- 1980 through 1993 Consecutive seasons, 50 or more saves 2 ( 2 tied ) Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers - 2002 through 2003 Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles - 2012 through 2013 Consecutive seasons, 40 or more saves 4 -- ( 3 tied ) Trevor Hoffman ( twice ), San Diego Padres -- 1998 through 2001 and 2004 through 2007 Francisco Rodríguez, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim -- 2005 through 2008 Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves -- 2011 through 2014 Consecutive seasons, 30 or more saves 9 -- Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees -- 2003 through 2011 Fielding 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 -- 2,379 -- Casey Kotchman, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim / Atlanta Braves / Boston Red Sox / Seattle Mariners -- June 20, 2008, through August 21, 2010 Second base -- 911 -- Plácido Polanco, Detroit Tigers / Philadelphia Phillies -- July 1, 2006, through April 7, 2008 Shortstop -- 544 -- Mike Bordick, Baltimore Orioles / Toronto Blue Jays -- April 10, 2002, through April 2, 2003 Third base -- 272 -- Vinny Castilla, Colorado Rockies / Washington Nationals -- July 4, 2004, through April 22, 2005 Outfield -- 938 -- Darren Lewis, Oakland Athletics / San Francisco Giants -- August 21 -- October 3, 1990 / July 13, 1991, through June 29, 1994 Catcher -- 1,565 -- Mike Matheny, St. Louis Cardinals -- August 1, 2002, through August 4, 2004 ( does not include passed balls ) Pitcher -- 273 -- Claude Passeau, Chicago Cubs -- September 21, 1941, through May 20, 1946 Source for figures through 2007 : The Elias Book of Baseball Records, 2008. Games played Consecutive games played 2,632 -- Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles -- May 30, 1982 through September 19, 1998 Consecutive innings played ( non-pitcher ) 8,243 -- Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles -- June 5, 1982 through September 14, 1987 ( record set over 903 games ) Consecutive seasons played 27 -- Cap Anson, Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, and Chicago Colts -- 1871 through 1897 ( 1871 -- 1875 seasons were played in the National Association, a professional league which preceded Major League Baseball ). 26 -- Nolan Ryan, New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers -- 1968 through 1993 ( all seasons played in Major League Baseball ) Consecutive seasons played with one team 23 ( 2 tied ) Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles -- 1955 through 1977 Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox -- 1961 through 1983 Consecutive seasons played with different or multiple teams ( includes off - season and mid-season changes ) 12 -- 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 -- 1993 through 2004 Consecutive seasons with a playoff appearance 13 -- Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees -- 1995 through 2007 Awards Consecutive MVP Awards 4 -- Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants -- 2001 through 2004 Consecutive Cy Young Awards 4 ( 2 tied ) Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves -- 1992 through 1995 Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks -- 1999 through 2002 Consecutive Gold Glove Awards 16 ( 2 tied ) Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles -- 1960 through 1975 Jim Kaat, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies -- 1962 through 1977 Consecutive Silver Slugger Awards ( award first attributed in 1980 ) 10 -- Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets -- 1993 through 2002 Consecutive Hank Aaron Awards ( award first attributed in 1999 ; fan voting first included in 2003 ) 3 -- Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers -- 2001 through 2003 Consecutive Edgar Martínez Awards ( award first attributed in 1973, originally called the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award ) 5 -- David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox -- 2003 through 2007 Consecutive Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Awards ( award first attributed in 1976, discontinued after 2012 ) 4 -- Dan Quisenberry, Kansas City Royals -- 1982 through 1985 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 through June, 1999 Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins -- July through September, 2004 Jake Arrieta, Chicago Cubs - August, 2015 through April, 2016 Consecutive MLB Rookie of the Month Awards ( award first attributed in 2001 ) 4 -- Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim -- May through August, 2012 Consecutive All - Star Game appearances 25 -- Hank Aaron, Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers -- 1955 through 1975 ( two games were played from 1959 -- 1962 ) See also Major League Baseball titles streaks References Jump up ^ `` Clarifying Some of the Records * ''. Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on August 4, 2011. Jump up ^ 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 August 4, 2011. Jump up ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA201204180.shtml Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ Carig, Marc ( August 14, 2011 ). `` The Yankees This Week : Mariano Rivera drawing skepticism ''. The Star - Ledger. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Jump up ^ `` M 's Kotchman sets mark for errorless chances ''. cnnsi.com. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Polanco 's errorless streak ends ''. redsox.com. Retrieved 2008 - 04 - 08. External links Baseball 's 11 greatest individual streaks in major league history hide Major League Baseball records Baseball statistics ( types of records ) General Record holders Single - game records Single - season records Record breakers by season Records considered unbreakable Titles leaders Batting leaders Career Batting average On - base percentage Times on base Slugging percentage OPS Hits 3,000 club Progressive Singles Doubles Triples Home runs 500 club Progressive Extra base hits RBIs Total bases Walks Intentional HBP Strikeouts Games played At - bats Plate appearances Annual Batting average Doubles Triples Home runs RBI Season Batting average Triples Home run Progressive Game Home runs Hitting for the cycle Grand slams RBI Game Inning Hits Misc Consecutive game hitting streak On - base plus slugging Hits Home runs Doubles Triples RBIs Baserunning leaders Career Runs Stolen bases Annual Runs Stolen bases Game Runs Misc Runs Stolen bases Pitching leaders Career Wins 300 club Losses Games started Games finished Innings pitched Strikeouts 3,000 club Saves Complete games Shutouts ERA WHIP Walks Hit batsmen Wild pitches Batters faced Annual Wins Saves Shutouts Strikeouts ERA Game No - hitter Perfect game List of perfect games Strikeouts Game Inning Immaculate innings Misc Wins Fielding leaders Career Putouts 1B 2B SS 3B OF LF CF RF Errors 1B 2B SS 3B OF LF Assists Passed balls Annual Putouts Errors Managing records Wins and winning percentage Multiple stat records Triple Crown 20 -- 20 -- 20 club 30 -- 30 club 40 -- 40 club Other Consecutive games played Longest winning streaks Longest losing streaks Individual streaks Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Major_League_Baseball_individual_streaks&oldid=842352047 '' Categories : Major League Baseball records Major League Baseball lists Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from September 2010 Articles needing additional references from August 2011 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 May 2018, at 22 : 08. 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