Consecutive times shut out
Posted by Andy on June 24, 2007
John Smoltz made waves recently by calling out Chipper Jones for not playing with an injury. As the linked AP article points out, it came on the heels of the Braves being shut out for the third straight game, which last happened to them in 1988.
Well that's a PI Team Streak Finder search crying out for attention, isn't it?
Turns out that since 1988, one team has a longer streak:
Team StreakStart Streak End Games Opponents +-------+-----------+-----------+-----+-----------
CHC 1992-04-27 1992-05-01 4 ATL,CIN ATL 2007-06-19 2007-06-22 3 BOS,DET KCR 2004-07-05 2004-07-07 3 MIN MON 2004-04-13 2004-04-15 3 FLA DET 1995-09-29 1995-10-01 3 BAL NYM 1992-07-25 1992-07-27 3 SDP,PHI SFG 1992-06-23 1992-06-25 3 ATL,SDP CLE 1991-06-12 1991-06-14 3 TOR,MIN TOR 1990-08-24 1990-08-26 3 BOS CIN 1989-04-18 1989-04-21 3 LAD,HOU ATL 1988-04-20 1988-04-22 3 HOU,CIN
Wow, those Cubs sure have set a lot of bad records, haven 't they?
But the Braves are the only team since 1988 to have been shut out 3 times in a row twice, once in 1988 and once in 2007. But they had a few good years in between. 
