List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks explained

This is a list of the longest team winning streaks in Major League Baseball history. Streaks started at the end of one season are carried over into the following season. The lists below include streaks that consist entirely of regular-season games, streaks from the predecessor National Association (1871–1875), streaks of playoff games, and streaks of World Series games.

The National League’s 1916 New York Giants hold the record of winning 26 consecutive games. The longest American League winning streak is 22, by the 2017 Cleveland Indians.

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 includes streaks with ties.

Key

^Denotes streaks that contain tie game(s) not included in the win totals
Denotes streaks that spanned over two seasons
Denotes streaks that are in progress
Denotes season in which team won the World Series

Game streaks

Regular season

This list contains the top 31 streaks consisting entirely of regular-season games.

RankGamesTeamSeason(s)Season
record(s)		DateScoreOpponentDateScoreOpponent
Beginning (first victory)End (first defeat)
126^New York Giants191686–664–1Brooklyn Robins3–8Boston Braves
222Cleveland Indians2017102–6013–6Boston Red Sox3–4Kansas City Royals
3 21^Chicago White Stockings188067–175–4Boston Braves0–2Cleveland Blues
3 21Chicago Cubs1935100–548–2Philadelphia Phillies5–7 St. Louis Cardinals
5 20St. Louis Maroons188494–197–2Chicago/Pittsburgh1–8Boston Reds
5 20Providence Grays188484–284–2New York Giants0–2Buffalo Bisons
5 20Oakland Athletics2002103–595–4Toronto Blue Jays0–6Minnesota Twins
8 19^Chicago White Sox190693–583–0Boston Americans4–5Washington Senators
8 19New York Yankees194797–573–1Washington Senators0–8Detroit Tigers
10 18Chicago White Stockings188587–256–0Detroit Wolverines0–2Philadelphia Phillies
10 18^Boston Beaneaters189187–517–2Chicago Colts3–5Philadelphia Phillies
10 18Baltimore Orioles189489–395–2St. Louis Browns3–4Cincinnati Reds
10 18New York Giants1904106–474–3St. Louis Cardinals5–6Philadelphia Phillies
10 18New York Yankees195399–523–1Washington Senators1–3St. Louis Browns
15 17St. Louis Browns79–3312–4Louisville Colonels1–7Baltimore Orioles
15 17Boston Beaneaters189793–3925–5St. Louis Cardinals4–7Brooklyn Bridegrooms
15 17New York Giants190782–716–3Philadelphia Phillies4–6St. Louis Cardinals
15 17Washington Senators191291–615–0Boston Red Sox1–2Philadelphia Athletics
15 17New York Giants191686–6613–5Pittsburgh Pirates1–5Philadelphia Phillies
15 17Philadelphia Athletics1931107–454–1Boston Red Sox2–6New York Yankees
15 17Pittsburgh Pirates86–68
86–64		8–2Cincinnati Reds3–5 Chicago Cubs
15 17St. Louis Cardinals202190–726–4Cincinnati Reds0–4Milwaukee Brewers
23 16St. Louis Maroons188494–195–4Chicago/Pittsburgh2–4Washington Nationals
23 16^Philadelphia Quakers188775–488–4Indianapolis Hoosiers3–4Boston Beaneaters
23 16Philadelphia Phillies189078–539–4Cincinnati Reds4–12Chicago Colts
23 16Philadelphia Phillies189287–667–1Cleveland Spiders1–9Boston Beaneaters
23 16Pittsburgh Pirates1909110–423–1Cincinnati Reds7–8New York Giants
23 16New York Giants1912103–486–5Boston Braves4–10Brooklyn Dodgers
23 16New York Yankees192691–6313–9Detroit Tigers1–2Philadelphia Athletics
23 16New York Giants195198–593–2Philadelphia Phillies0–2Pittsburgh Pirates
23 16Kansas City Royals1977102–605–4Texas Rangers1–4Seattle Mariners
23 16Milwaukee Brewers77–84
91–71		4–1Toronto Blue Jays1–7Chicago White Sox

National Association

RankGamesTeamSeason(s)Season
record(s)		DateScoreOpponentDateScoreOpponent
Beginning (first victory)End (first defeat)
126^Boston Red Stockings187571–86–0New Haven Elm Citys4–5St. Louis Brown Stockings
218Boston Red Stockings187239–823–3Brooklyn Atlantics10–17Troy Trojans
3 15Hartford Dark Blues16–37
54–28		10–3Philadelphia Whites5–10Boston Red Stockings
3 15Boston Red Stockings187571–89–4Philadelphia Whites8–9Hartford Dark Blues

1Denotes season in which team won a pennant in the American Association

Postseason

This list contains only the top 10 streaks (including ties) consisting entirely of postseason games.

Rank
GamesTeamSeason(s)Beginning (first victory)End (first defeat)
1 12New York Yankees1927 - 28, 19325–4Pittsburgh Pirates1–6New York Giants
1 12New York Yankees1998 - 994–0Cleveland Indians1–13Boston Red Sox
311Kansas City Royals1985, 20146–1St. Louis Cardinals1–7San Francisco Giants
4 10New York Yankees1937 - 39, 19414–2New York Giants2–3Brooklyn Dodgers
4 10Oakland Athletics1989 - 906–5Toronto Blue Jays0–7Cincinnati Reds
4 10San Francisco Giants2012, 20145–0St. Louis Cardinals1–4Washington Nationals
79Boston Red Sox2007 - 087–1Cleveland Indians4–5 Los Angeles Angels
8 8Cincinnati Reds1975 - 764–3Boston Red Sox2–5 Pittsburgh Pirates
8 8Cincinnati Reds1990, 19952–1Pittsburgh Pirates1–2 Atlanta Braves
8 8Boston Red Sox20046–4 New York Yankees2–14Chicago White Sox
8 8Chicago White Sox20052–1Los Angeles Angels4–6Tampa Bay Rays
8 8Washington Nationals20196–1Los Angeles Dodgers1–4Houston Astros

World Series

This list contains only the top 10 streaks consisting entirely of World Series games.

RankGamesTeamSeriesDateScoreOpponentDateScoreOpponent
Beginning (first victory)End (first defeat)
114New York Yankees1996, 1998 - 20005–2Atlanta Braves2–4New York Mets
212New York Yankees1927 - 28, 193213–6Pittsburgh Pirates1–6New York Giants
310New York Yankees3–2 2–3 Brooklyn Dodgers
49Cincinnati Reds1975 - 76, 1990October 22, 19754–3Boston Red Sox
49Boston Red Sox8–1 2–4 St. Louis Cardinals
67New York Yankees5–2 1–5 New York Giants
67San Francisco Giants4–0 2–7 Kansas City Royals
86Chicago Cubs6–1 3–8 Detroit Tigers
86Los Angeles Dodgers5–4 1–2 Oakland Athletics
86New York Yankees3–0 4–5 Los Angeles Dodgers

Series streaks

Regular season – single opponent

The longest winning streak against a single opponent is 23 games by the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Royals from May 10, 1969, to August 2, 1970.

Baltimore had won more than 90 games in three of the previous four seasons, with a World Series title in 1966. The Royals were an expansion team in their first season. Kansas City won the first meeting on May 9, 1969, but Baltimore took the final 11 that season and swept all 12 in 1970 before the Royals finally took a walk-off win in their first confrontation of 1971.

Postseason

This list contains only the top 10 streaks consisting entirely of postseason series. For the purpose of this list, one-game wild card matchups, such as the 2012 Cardinals' win, are counted.

Rank
SeriesTeamBeginning (first victory)End (first defeat)
1 11New York Yankees1998 - 20011998 ALDS3–0Texas Rangers2001 WS3–4Arizona Diamondbacks
1 11San Francisco Giants2010, 2012, 2014, 20162010 NLDS3–1Atlanta Braves2016 NLDS1–3Chicago Cubs
3 8New York Yankees1927 - 28, 1932, 1936 - 39, 19411927 WS4–0Pittsburgh Pirates1942 WS1–4St. Louis Cardinals
4 7New York Yankees1943, 1947, 1949 - 531943 WS4–1St. Louis Cardinals1955 WS3–4Brooklyn Dodgers
4 7Miami Marlins1997, 2003, 20201997 NLDS3–0San Francisco Giants2020 NLDS0–3Atlanta Braves
66Oakland Athletics1972 - 741972 ALCS3–2Detroit Tigers1975 ALCS0–3Boston Red Sox
7 5Boston Red Sox1903, 1912, 1915 - 16, 19181903 WS5–3Pittsburgh Pirates1946 WS3–4St. Louis Cardinals
7 5Atlanta Braves1995 - 961995 NLDS3–1Colorado Rockies1996 WS2–4New York Yankees
7 5Minnesota Twins1987, 1991, 20021987 ALCS4–1Detroit Tigers2002 ALCS1–4Anaheim Angels
7 5Philadelphia Phillies2008 - 092008 NLDS3–1Milwaukee Brewers2009 WS2–4New York Yankees
7 5St. Louis Cardinals2011 - 122011 NLDS3–2Philadelphia Phillies2012 NLCS3–4San Francisco Giants
7 5Kansas City Royals1985, 20141985 ALCS4-3Toronto Blue Jays2014 WS3–4San Francisco Giants

See also

References

General references

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brisbee. Grant. The Indians' winning streak needs to reach 26 to be a record. SBNation.com. September 14, 2017. September 15, 2017.

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