The Pirates' streak in sporting perspective

September 8, 2009 1:10 am

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All winning streaks of 15 years or longer in Major League Baseball according to the Elias Sports Bureau:

In baseball history

All winning streaks of 15 years or longer in Major League Baseball according to the Elias Sports Bureau:

StreakTeamYears39New York Yankees1926-6418Baltimore Orioles1968-8517Chicago White Sox1951-6717New York Yankees1993-200916Boston Red Sox1967-8215Pirates1899-191315St. Louis Cardinals1939-5315Atlanta Braves1991-2005

And all the losing streaks of 15 or more:

StreakTeamYears17Pirates1993-200916Philadelphia Phillies1933-4815Boston Red Sox1919-3315Philiadelphia/Kansas City Athletics1953-67


Other sports

The longest all-time losing streaks in the other three sports:

StreakTeamYears15Vancouver Canucks, NHL1976-9115Kansas City/Sacramento Kings, NBA1983-9814Tampa Bay Buccaneers1983-96

And the longest active losing streaks:

StreakTeamYears8Detroit Lions, NFL2001-098New York Knicks, NBA2001-093Los Angeles Kings, NHL2006-09

First Published September 8, 2009 1:10 am
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