# List of Major League Baseball individual streaks

The following is a list of notable individual player streaks achieved in Major League Baseball.

## Hitting
### Consecutive game records

Consecutive games with a hit
* 56 – Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees – May 15 through July 16, 1941
Consecutive games with 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 a 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 double
* 9 – Bo Bichette, Toronto Blue Jays – July 31 through August 8, 2019
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 July 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 (3 tied)
** Johnny Kling, Chicago Cubs – August 24 through 28, 1902
** Walt Dropo, Detroit Tigers – July 14 and 15, 1952
** José Miranda, Minnesota Twins - July 3 through 6, 2024
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 – 1906–1928
Consecutive seasons, 100 or more RBI
* 13 (3 tied)
** Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees – 1926–1938
** Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Sox – 1929–1941
** Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees – 1998–2010
Consecutive seasons with 200 or more hits
* 10 – Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners – 2001–2010
Consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits
* 17 (2 tied)
** Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves – 1955–1971
** Derek Jeter, New York Yankees – 1996–2012
Consecutive seasons with 100 or more runs scored
* 13 (3 tied)
** Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees – 1926–1938
** Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves – 1955–1967
** Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees – 1996–2008
Consecutive seasons with 50 or more home runs
* 4 - Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals - 1996–1999
* 4 - Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs - 1998–2001
Consecutive seasons with 40 or more home runs
* 7 – Babe Ruth, New York Yankees – 1926–1932
Consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs
* 13 (2 tied)
** Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants – 1992–2004
** Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees – 1998–2010
Consecutive seasons with 40 or more doubles
* 7 – Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals – 1933–1939
Consecutive seasons with 20 or more triples
* 3 – Sam Crawford, Detroit Tigers - 1912–1914
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 – 1999–2006
Consecutive seasons with 600 or more at-bats
* 13 – Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies – 1968–1980
Consecutive seasons, .400 on-base percentage or better
* 17 – Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox – 1939–1958
Consecutive seasons, .600 slugging percentage or better (50 or more games)
* 7 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants – 1998–2004
* 7 – Babe Ruth, New York Yankees – 1926–1932

## Baserunning

Consecutive stolen bases without being caught stealing
* 50 – Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals – September 18, 1988 – July 26, 1989
Consecutive games with a stolen base
* 12 – Bert Campaneris, Oakland Athletics – June 10, 1969 – June 21, 1969
Consecutive seasons, 100 or more stolen bases
* 3 – Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals – 1985–1987
Consecutive seasons, 50 or more stolen bases
* 12 – Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinals – 1965–1976
Consecutive seasons, 40 or more stolen bases
* 14 – Rickey Henderson, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays – 1980–1993

## Pitching
### Consecutive game records

Consecutive games won
* 24 – Carl Hubbell, New York Giants – July 18, 1936 – May 27, 1937 (record set over two seasons)
Consecutive games won within a single season
* 19 (3 tied)
** Tim Keefe, New York Giants – June 23 – August 10, 1888
** Rube Marquard, New York Giants – April 11 – July 3, 1912 (streak began on Opening Day)
** Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros – May 27 – October 15, 2019
Consecutive complete games (since 1900)
* 39 – Jack Taylor, St. Louis Cardinals – April 15 – October 6, 1904
Consecutive games without being relieved
* 202 – Jack Taylor, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals – June 20, 1901 – August 13, 1906 (187 starts, all complete games, and 15 relief appearances)
Consecutive shutouts
* 6 – Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 14 – 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
* 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 – April 25 – September 18, 2022
Consecutive games with 10 or more strikeouts
* 11 – Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros – August 7 – October 10, 2019
Consecutive saves converted
* 84 – Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – August 28, 2002 – July 5, 2004 (record set over three seasons)
Consecutive team games with a save
* 6 (3 tied)
** Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 16–22, 2003
** Rod Beck, Chicago Cubs – August 30 through September 5, 1998
** Addison Reed, Chicago White Sox – August 16–22, 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 6–20, 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 an earned 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 18–28, 2009 (as starting pitcher, included one perfect game)
Consecutive innings pitched with a strikeout
* 73 – Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros – August 7 through October 10, 2019
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 (4 tied)
** Tom Seaver, New York Mets – April 22, 1970 (as a starting pitcher)
** Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 17–21, 2003 (as a relief pitcher)
** Aaron Nola, Philadelphia Phillies – June 25, 2021
** Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee Brewers – August 11, 2021
Consecutive strikes thrown (since pitch-by-pitch record keeping was introduced in 1988; includes foul balls and balls-in-play)
* 38 – Bartolo Colón, Oakland Athletics – April 18, 2012
Consecutive strikes thrown to start a game (since 1988)
* 24 – George Kirby, Seattle Mariners – August 24, 2022
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 1883–1888
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 strikeouts
* 5 – Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, and Arizona Diamondbacks – 1998–2002
Consecutive seasons, 200 or more strikeouts
* 9 – Tom Seaver, New York Mets – 1968–1976
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) - 1915–1916
** - Lefty Grove, Philadelphia Athletics (American League) - 1930–1931 (led both leagues in both seasons)
** - Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers (National League) - 1965–1966 (led both leagues in both seasons)
** - Roger Clemens, Toronto Blue Jays (American League) - 1997–1998
Consecutive Opening Day starts
* 14 – Jack Morris, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays – 1980–1993
Consecutive seasons, 50 or more saves
* 2 (2 tied)
** Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers - 2002–2003
** Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles - 2012–2013
Consecutive seasons, 40 or more saves
* 4 – (3 tied)
** Trevor Hoffman (twice), San Diego Padres – 1998–2001 and 2004–2007
** Francisco Rodríguez, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – 2005–2008
** Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves – 2011–2014
Consecutive seasons, 30 or more saves
* 9 – Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees – 2003–2011

## 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 – 1871–1897 (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 – 1968–1993 (all seasons played in Major League Baseball)
Consecutive seasons played with one team
* 23 (2 tied)
** Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles – 1955–1977
** Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox – 1961–1983
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 – 1993–2004
Consecutive seasons with a playoff appearance
* 13 – Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees – 1995–2007

## Awards

Consecutive MVP Awards
* 4 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants – 2001–2004
Consecutive Cy Young Awards
* 4 (2 tied)
** Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves – 1992–1995
** Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks – 1999–2002
Consecutive Gold Glove Awards
* 16 (2 tied)
** Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles – 1960–1975
** Jim Kaat, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies – 1962–1977
Consecutive Silver Slugger Awards (award first attributed in 1980)
* 10 – Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets – 1993–2002
Consecutive Hank Aaron Awards (award first attributed in 1999; fan voting first included in 2003)
* 3 – Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers – 2001–2003
Consecutive Edgar Martínez Awards (award first attributed in 1973, originally called the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award)
* 5 – David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox – 2003–2007
Consecutive Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Awards (award first attributed in 1976, discontinued after 2012)
* 4 – Dan Quisenberry, Kansas City Royals – 1982–1985
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–June, 1999
** Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins – July–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–August, 2012
Consecutive All-Star Game appearances
* 25 – Hank Aaron, Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers – 1955–1975 (two games were played from 1959–1962)