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In baseball, a scoreless innings streak is the number of consecutive official innings in which a pitcher appears and allows no runs. Such a streak will end when the pitcher allows a run, earned or unearned. Since 1998, the Official Baseball Rules state that a pitcher does not get credit for any outs recorded during an inning in which he is charged with an earned or unearned run.
Orel Hershiser holds the Major League Baseball record of 59 consecutive scoreless innings which began on August 20, 1988 and ended on September 28, 1989, breaking Don Drysdale's record of 58.2 consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, the "Year of the Pitcher."
Closer Mariano Rivera holds the postseason record for scoreless innings, with 33.1. The postseason record by a starting pitcher is held by Whitey Ford at 33 consecutive scoreless innings.
Major League Baseball
[edit]Regular season
[edit]| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orel Hershiser | Los Angeles Dodgers | 59 | 1988 |
| 2 | Don Drysdale | Los Angeles Dodgers | 58 | 1968 |
| 3 | Walter Johnson | Washington Senators | 55 | 1913 |
| 4 | Jack Coombs | Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 1910 |