Cleveland Is 5th Team In History To Win 18 Straight Games

Monday Night Update: Cleveland beats the Tigers 11-0, extending its streak to 19 games! In the streak they have allowed only 32 runs while hitting 38 home runs! That is nuts.

Cleveland is only the fifth team in baseball history to win at least 18 consecutive games.

                                             Wins      RS    RA   Finished
1935 Cubs (September 4-27)                    21      137    50   Lost World Series
2002 A's (August 13-September 4)              20      141    65   Lost ALDS
1947 Yankees (June 29-July 17)                19      119    41   Won World Series
1953 Yankees (May 27-June 14)                 18      129    44   Won World Series
2017 Cleveland (August 24-September 10)       18      121    32   ?

(The Elias Sports Bureau credits the 1916 Giants with a 26-game winning streak (September 7-30); however, the Giants played a tie game between Games 12 and 13.)

In Cleveland's 18-0 run:

• The starting rotation has a 1.94 ERA and has allowed more than two runs only twice. The bullpen has a 1.42 ERA.
• They have allowed only 32 runs during the streak, an average of 1.78 runs per game.*
• They have scored first in 17 of the 18 games.
• In the first three innings of the 18 games, they have outscored their opponents 58-12.
• They have trailed in only four of the 162 innings in the 18 games.
• Yesterday's win was only the third one-run victory of the streak.

*: Elias reports that only three teams have allowed 32 or fewer runs over an 18-game span: the 1884 Providence Grays (30 runs allowed), the 1906 White Sox (23 runs allowed), and the 1916 Giants (17 runs allowed). In an 11-game span (September 21-30), the 1916 Giants allowed only six runs!)

Cleveland begins a series at home against the Tigers tonight.

And over in the National League: The Dodgers are the first team in MLB history to win 15 of 16 and lose 15 of 16 in the same season.