24th August 2009
Cliff Lee is now tied with Jorge de la Rosa for the longest streak in 2009 with wins in consecutive starts:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Cliff Lee 2009-07-16 2009-08-19 7 7 0 7 4 0 0 0 58 40 8 7 6 48 2 1.09 1 0 0 CLE-PHI
Jorge de la Rosa 2009-06-21 2009-07-30 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 46.2 35 14 14 16 40 3 2.70 1 1 0 COL
Matt Cain 2009-05-17 2009-06-14 6 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 41.2 34 9 8 14 36 3 1.73 0 3 0 SFG
Zack Greinke 2009-04-08 2009-05-04 6 6 0 6 3 2 0 0 45 30 3 2 8 54 0 0.40 1 1 0 KCR
Lee's streak spans his time with the Indians and first 4 starts with the Phillies, and is current.
After the Brewers got amazing output after acquiring C. C. Sabathia last year from the Indians, the Phillies seem poised to get the same production from another Cleveland castoff this year. One big difference is that Lee will still be under contract with the Phillies next season as well.
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5th August 2009
Raphy's post the other day made me wonder about longest streaks for an individual pitcher with more than 9 IP. That means at least 9.1 innings in each start. Here are the leaders since 1954: Read the rest of this entry »
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3rd August 2009
I suspect that this has been posted here before, but I was just looking at post-season hit streaks:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Manny Ramirez 2003-10-14 2004-10-27 17 73 11 24 4 0 3 12 12 10 0 0 .329 .400 .507 .907 BOS
Derek Jeter 1998-10-13 1999-10-27 17 70 16 26 3 2 1 7 13 8 3 1 .371 .436 .514 .950 NYY
Hank Bauer 1956-10-03 1958-10-04 17 76 10 24 2 1 6 16 13 1 1 0 .316 .325 .605 .930 NYY
Pat Borders 1991-10-12 1993-10-06 16 59 5 22 4 0 2 8 3 3 0 0 .373 .391 .542 .933 TOR
Marquis Grissom 1995-10-03 1996-10-02 15 69 11 26 3 1 3 5 10 2 6 2 .377 .403 .580 .983 ATL
Rickey Henderson 1989-10-04 1990-10-19 15 61 14 25 4 3 4 12 6 10 13 2 .410 .486 .770 1.256 OAK
David Ortiz 2004-10-26 2007-10-20 14 45 15 18 6 0 4 7 7 13 0 0 .400 .525 .800 1.325 BOS
Tim Raines 1981-10-19 1996-10-11 14 62 11 21 5 0 0 1 5 6 1 1 .339 .397 .419 .816 MON-CHW-NYY
Brooks Robinson 1970-10-03 1971-10-12 14 54 12 25 5 0 3 13 5 2 0 0 .463 .474 .722 1.196 BAL
I recalled that Ramirez and Jeter shared the lead with fairly recent streaks. I had totally forgotten about Pat Borders' performance. He hit particularly well in the 1992 playoffs, with 16 hits in 42 AB, including 3 doubles, 2 homers, and 6 RBI.
Another interesting thing is the length of time for Tim Raines' streak, far longer than the others on this list. He went from a playoff appearance in 1981 with the Expos to a 1996 appearance with the Yankees. Not to mention the fact that the streak includes hitting in all 6 ALCS games in 1993 with the White Sox. Sheesh.
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22nd July 2009
On August 19, 1997 the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 beginning a stretch in which they went 20-17. While this may seem unremarkable, the Reds managed to record a save in every single one of those wins. It was the longest streak of wins saved by any team from 1954-2009 (and presumably ever). As a quick point of reference, the longest such streak this year was 8 games by the Royals earlier this month. Here are the longest streaks 1954-2009:
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22nd July 2009
Joel Pineiro recently pitched his 4th straight start without issuing a walk. Here are the longest such streaks so far this year:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Joel Pineiro 2009-06-28 2009-07-19 4 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 29.2 24 10 7 0 11 1 2.12 1 1 0 STL
Hiroki Kuroda 2009-06-12 2009-06-28 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 26.1 27 16 15 0 22 4 5.13 0 2 0 LAD
Joel Pineiro 2009-05-08 2009-05-24 4 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 28 30 13 12 0 12 0 3.86 1 0 0 STL
Josh Geer 2009-06-29 2009-07-09 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 18 21 11 11 0 7 5 5.50 0 0 0 SDP
Josh Beckett 2009-06-14 2009-06-26 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 22 22 7 6 0 18 1 2.45 1 0 0 BOS
Braden Looper 2009-06-09 2009-06-19 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 22 13 13 0 13 4 7.47 1 0 0 MIL
Jamie Moyer 2009-05-31 2009-06-11 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 15 6 6 0 10 1 2.84 2 0 0 PHI
Mark Buehrle 2009-05-19 2009-05-30 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 21.1 27 6 5 0 12 2 2.11 0 0 0 CHW
Danny Haren 2009-05-12 2009-05-28 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 22 22 10 10 0 20 5 4.09 1 0 0 ARI
Kevin Slowey 2009-04-25 2009-05-06 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 16 22 9 9 0 13 1 5.06 0 0 0 MIN
Pineiro's streak is the only active one. After him, there are two guys working on active 2-game streaks: Roy Halladay (duh!) and Barry Zito (surprise!)
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21st July 2009
Longest streaks this year by starting pitchers going at least 7 innings in each start:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Roy Halladay 2009-04-06 2009-06-07 13 10 1 13 3 1 0 0 100 90 30 28 12 88 6 2.52 2 2 0 TOR
Danny Haren 2009-05-12 2009-06-30 9 4 2 9 1 0 0 0 66 45 18 18 6 62 8 2.45 2 1 0 ARI
Felix Hernandez 2009-06-05 2009-07-17 8 5 0 8 1 1 0 0 61.1 40 11 10 17 57 2 1.47 2 6 1 SEA
C.C. Sabathia 2009-05-08 2009-06-16 8 5 1 8 1 1 0 0 61.2 43 21 20 15 45 6 2.92 2 2 0 NYY
Johnny Cueto 2009-04-22 2009-05-29 8 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 57 40 15 14 13 38 6 2.21 3 1 0 CIN
Kevin Millwood 2009-04-06 2009-05-09 7 3 3 7 1 0 0 0 52.1 44 19 17 11 27 7 2.92 2 2 0 TEX
Tim Lincecum 2009-06-07 2009-07-04 6 5 1 6 3 2 0 0 49.1 30 7 6 9 50 2 1.09 1 3 0 SFG
Josh Johnson 2009-05-24 2009-06-20 6 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 44.2 33 14 14 12 36 2 2.82 1 3 0 FLA
Mark Buehrle 2009-05-07 2009-06-04 6 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 44.1 40 14 13 6 27 5 2.64 0 1 0 CHW
Cliff Lee 2009-04-22 2009-05-19 6 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 46 47 8 8 5 31 1 1.57 0 0 0 CLE
Zack Greinke 2009-04-18 2009-05-15 6 5 1 6 4 2 0 0 49 31 5 4 5 49 0 0.73 0 2 0 KCR
J.A. Happ 2009-06-27 2009-07-19 5 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 37 27 6 6 5 24 3 1.46 1 0 0 PHI
Adam Wainwright 2009-06-26 2009-07-18 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 39.1 32 8 7 15 39 1 1.60 1 1 0 STL
John Danks 2009-06-10 2009-07-03 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 35.2 22 6 6 8 31 2 1.51 3 0 0 CHW
Derek Lowe 2009-05-18 2009-06-09 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 36.1 30 14 12 6 15 0 2.97 1 0 1 ATL
Zach Duke 2009-05-12 2009-06-02 5 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 37 32 10 10 8 19 2 2.43 2 0 0 PIT
Chad Billingsley 2009-04-23 2009-05-14 5 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 35.2 26 9 8 17 35 1 2.02 4 2 0 LAD
Felix Hernandez has the longest active streak with 8 starts in a row, but Adam Wainwright and youngster J. A. Happ are working on active 5-game streaks of their own.
Happ has slipped under most people's radar since he started in the bullpen, only moving to the rotation when Brett Myers was unable to pitch anymore. Also, despite his 7-0 record, the Phillies lost several of his other starts, including 1-run late-game losses to the Yankees, Mets, Orioles, and Reds.
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2nd July 2009
Last night Hanley Ramirez knocked in a run for the tenth consecutive game. According to the linked article, this is the longest streak for a National League shortstop since RBI became an official statistic in 1920. Here are the longest streaks by shortstops in both leagues since 1954:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Carlos Guillen 2007-06-16 2007-06-28 11 35 11 16 3 0 4 17 3 5 1 1 .457 .500 .886 1.386 DET
Hanley Ramirez 2009-06-21 2009-07-01 10 40 10 19 5 0 5 24 3 4 3 2 .475 .523 .975 1.498 FLA
Alex Rodriguez 2001-07-30 2001-08-09 10 46 11 15 1 0 5 15 12 2 1 0 .326 .347 .674 1.021 TEX
Miguel Tejada 2005-04-08 2005-04-17 9 39 10 16 4 1 3 18 6 3 0 0 .410 .442 .795 1.237 BAL
Derek Jeter 2004-05-23 2004-06-02 9 44 9 18 7 0 4 12 9 0 2 0 .409 .435 .841 1.276 NYY
Miguel Tejada 2002-08-03 2002-08-11 8 36 4 11 1 0 3 12 4 2 0 0 .306 .350 .583 .933 OAK
Miguel Tejada 2002-07-17 2002-07-25 8 37 6 11 1 0 5 10 5 0 0 0 .297 .316 .730 1.046 OAK
Miguel Tejada 2001-09-08 2001-09-22 8 30 9 12 1 0 3 12 2 4 1 1 .400 .457 .733 1.190 OAK
Carlos Guillen 2000-07-19 2000-08-08 8 34 8 16 3 0 1 8 2 2 0 1 .471 .500 .647 1.147 SEA
Rich Aurilia 2000-07-01 2000-07-09 8 30 4 13 0 0 2 11 7 1 0 0 .433 .452 .633 1.085 SFG
Nomar Garciaparra 1998-07-25 1998-08-02 8 33 11 15 1 0 5 17 3 2 0 0 .455 .472 .939 1.411 BOS
Dale Sveum 1987-04-09 1987-04-17 8 30 7 14 5 0 1 10 4 5 0 1 .467 .543 .733 1.276 MIL
Billy Grabarkewit 1970-05-03 1970-06-24 8 33 12 12 4 1 1 13 10 4 0 1 .364 .436 .636 1.072 LAD
Miguel Tejada is really well represented here.
What about other positions? Here are the leaders since 1954:
Position Leader StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pitcher Carlos Zambrano 2008-07-19 2008-08-26 8 19 4 8 2 0 3 8 4 0 0 0 .421 .421 1.000 1.421 CHC
Catcher Mike Piazza 2000-06-14 2000-07-02 15 63 14 22 3 0 8 28 9 4 0 0 .349 .388 .778 1.166 NYM
1B Bob Watson 1978-06-24 1978-07-03 11 38 4 17 4 0 1 13 2 5 2 0 .447 .489 .632 1.121 HOU
2B Jorge Cantu 2005-09-19 2006-04-05 11 41 7 13 1 0 4 16 3 1 0 0 .317 .304 .634 .938 TBD
Frank White 1983-06-10 1983-06-22 11 42 4 10 3 0 1 13 3 1 3 0 .238 .239 .381 .620 KCR
3B Jorge Cantu 2008-05-30 2008-06-10 11 47 9 17 5 0 5 13 5 0 0 0 .362 .360 .787 1.147 FLA
Doug DeCinces 1978-09-22 1979-04-06 11 41 7 15 3 0 4 14 5 4 1 0 .366 .422 .732 1.154 BAL
SS Carlos Guillen 2007-06-16 2007-06-28 11 35 11 16 3 0 4 17 3 5 1 1 .457 .500 .886 1.386 DET
LF Cliff Floyd 2000-09-21 2001-04-09 14 49 16 22 5 0 6 24 8 9 2 0 .449 .532 .918 1.450 FLA
CF Kirby Puckett 1988-09-15 1988-09-25 11 48 10 23 6 0 1 15 7 1 0 2 .479 .480 .667 1.147 MIN
Andy Van Slyke 1988-06-09 1988-06-20 11 41 7 16 3 2 2 16 9 5 1 0 .390 .420 .707 1.127 PIT
Ron LeFlore 1979-09-07 1979-09-30 11 43 10 18 2 2 4 13 11 2 8 1 .419 .444 .837 1.281 DET
RF Larry Parrish 1984-06-10 1984-06-20 11 40 10 16 4 0 5 18 9 4 1 1 .400 .457 .875 1.332 TEX
Gary Woods 1980-09-05 1980-10-02 11 40 7 16 3 0 2 14 4 2 1 0 .400 .429 .625 1.054 HOU
DH Mike Sweeney 1999-06-08 1999-07-04 11 46 12 22 5 0 3 18 4 4 1 0 .478 .528 .783 1.311 KCR
Jorge Cantu - RBI machine?!?
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24th June 2009
The title says it all. Here they are.
Hitting:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Derrek Lee 2009-05-30 2009-06-23 20 81 15 30 5 0 6 18 15 11 0 0 .370 .452 .654 1.106 CHC
Jason Bartlett 2009-05-15 2009-06-23 17 64 17 25 6 3 2 18 8 6 5 0 .391 .431 .672 1.103 TBR
Scott Rolen 2009-06-08 2009-06-23 12 52 12 24 4 0 2 7 4 3 1 1 .462 .500 .654 1.154 TOR
Andrew McCutchen 2009-06-11 2009-06-23 11 49 8 16 2 3 1 9 9 3 2 0 .327 .365 .551 .916 PIT
Shane Victorino 2009-06-11 2009-06-23 11 41 9 17 5 0 0 4 7 10 2 1 .415 .538 .537 1.075 PHI
Lee's got a long way to go to match Ryan Zimmerman's 30-gamer from earlier this season.
On-base:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Derrek Lee 2009-05-16 2009-06-23 30 118 18 44 7 0 8 22 20 15 0 0 .373 .448 .636 1.084 CHC
Pablo Sandoval 2009-06-04 2009-06-23 19 68 10 29 8 0 5 13 13 9 0 0 .426 .494 .765 1.259 SFG
Brett Gardner 2009-05-21 2009-06-23 18 55 10 19 1 1 0 3 6 7 6 1 .345 .419 .400 .819 NYY
Justin Upton 2009-06-02 2009-06-23 18 70 10 23 5 0 5 16 14 11 3 1 .329 .420 .614 1.034 ARI
Again, Lee has a way to go to match Ichiro and Zimmerman, who each had a 43-game streak this season.
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4th June 2009
The longest hit streaks of 2009:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Ryan Zimmerman 2009-04-08 2009-05-12 30 131 26 50 11 0 8 26 23 11 0 0 .382 .427 .649 1.076 WSN
Ichiro Suzuki 2009-05-06 2009-06-03 27 118 13 47 8 0 3 7 8 6 5 2 .398 .432 .542 .974 SEA
Jacoby Ellsbury 2009-05-02 2009-05-27 22 100 16 34 6 1 0 4 9 5 11 4 .340 .371 .420 .791 BOS
Justin Upton 2009-04-24 2009-05-11 18 65 17 25 4 0 7 17 15 10 3 1 .385 .467 .769 1.236 ARI
Robinson Cano 2009-04-12 2009-05-01 18 80 14 29 5 0 4 14 8 2 0 0 .363 .373 .575 .948 NYY
Ichiro's is the longest active streak, followed by Miguel Tejada with a 17-gamer. Derek Jeter had a 16-game streak snapped last night.
Longest streaks with at least one time on base so far this season:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Ryan Zimmerman 2009-04-08 2009-05-25 43 179 36 64 13 0 11 35 29 21 0 0 .358 .421 .615 1.036 WSN
Ichiro Suzuki 2009-04-28 2009-06-03 34 152 16 56 8 1 3 10 11 10 7 3 .368 .411 .493 .904 SEA
Victor Martinez 2009-04-21 2009-05-21 29 112 21 47 11 1 3 23 9 17 0 0 .420 .492 .616 1.108 CLE
Albert Pujols 2009-04-06 2009-05-07 28 101 29 36 5 0 11 32 9 19 4 1 .356 .460 .733 1.193 STL
Orlando Hudson 2009-04-29 2009-05-27 27 110 19 40 11 0 1 21 23 15 0 0 .364 .430 .491 .921 LAD
Justin Morneau 2009-05-06 2009-06-02 26 93 21 35 8 1 8 26 17 19 0 0 .376 .474 .742 1.216 MIN
Nick Markakis 2009-04-06 2009-05-04 26 100 29 37 10 0 4 27 14 16 1 1 .370 .454 .590 1.044 BAL
Again, Ichiro's streak is the longest active streak. Justin Morneau had a 26-gamer broken last night and the next-longest active streak is Phat Albert at 22.
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2nd June 2009
A quick and fun list from Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Streak Finder - guys, since 1954, with 3 or more games in a row with 9+ IP and 3 hits or less allowed:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Roger Clemens 1998-08-20 1998-08-30 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 8 0 0 5 31 0 0.00 0 0 0 TOR
Teddy Higuera 1987-08-26 1987-09-06 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 28 6 0 0 7 26 0 0.00 1 0 0 MIL
Nolan Ryan 1976-09-29 1977-04-07 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 7 0 0 17 31 0 0.00 0 0 0 CAL
Burt Hooton 1971-09-15 1972-04-16 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 27 5 2 2 12 27 1 0.67 0 0 0 CHC
Woodie Fryman 1966-06-26 1966-07-05 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 7 0 0 1 20 0 0.00 0 0 0 PIT
Jim Maloney 1964-09-25 1965-04-19 3 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 29 5 0 0 7 29 0 0.00 0 2 0 CIN
John Tsitouris 1963-09-15 1963-09-27 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 27 8 1 1 5 17 1 0.33 0 0 0 CIN
Sandy Koufax 1963-07-03 1963-07-12 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 9 0 0 2 26 0 0.00 0 0 0 LAD
Bob Gibson 1962-07-08 1962-07-18 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 9 2 2 11 21 1 0.67 3 0 0 STL
Billy Pierce 1957-05-30 1957-06-08 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 28 8 1 1 6 22 0 0.32 0 1 0 CHW
To be candid, I've heard of all these pitchers, before, sans John Tsitouris. That's the beauty of baseball, ain't it?
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