History Hop Tags - Consecutive

1883-05-22

Cubs' Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out

1884-11-04

Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for his 1st presidential term. The only American president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms

1889-06-22

Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss

1900-12-01

Portifiro Diaz is inaugurated for his 6th consecutive term as President of Mexico

1902-05-24

Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918

1902-06-30

Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive HRs in same inning

1904-08-10

Higlanders Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games

1913-04-10

Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings

1916-05-29

NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game

1916-08-08

A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road

1916-09-30

Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak

1920-07-10

Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary

1920-09-17

Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) & 5th (2) innings

1922-09-10

Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth & Gehrig consecutive HRs

1923-10-07

Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138

1923-10-10

NY Giants & NY Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium

1923-10-31

160 consecutive days of 100 degrees F begin at Marble Bar, Australia

1924-10-04

NY Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series

1925-06-02

NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak

1926-05-21

White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double

1927-09-29

Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games

1927-11-05

Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title

1928-02-19

Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal

1928-10-09

NY Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series

1929-05-04

Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9

1929-08-02

Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR

1929-08-07

Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games

1930-01-12

NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game

1930-05-21

NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers

1930-05-22

Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)

1930-09-28

Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games

1930-10-11

Collingwood Football Club in Melbourne, Australia, won the VFL premiership for the fourth consecutive year.

1931-03-26

Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio

1931-08-19

Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game

1932-06-03

Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13

1932-06-20

A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)

1933-04-24

1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell)

1933-06-08

A's Jimmie Foxx homers his 1st 3 at bats for 4 consecutive HRs

1933-08-01

Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1/3)

1933-08-17

Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game

1934-05-06

Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters

1934-09-25

Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game

1935-06-28

Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673

1935-09-27

Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant

1936-02-15

Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold

1936-07-22

Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs

1936-09-23

Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins

1936-12-21

Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80

1937-05-27

Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936)

1937-05-30

Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory

1937-05-30

61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24

1937-06-13

Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns

1938-05-03

Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941

1938-06-15

1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter

1938-06-16

Boston Red Sox Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by St Louis Browns

1939-01-02

Bradman scores 107 SA v Victoria, his 4th consecutive century

1939-05-02

Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2

1939-07-25

NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win

1939-07-26

Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs

1940-09-07

German Luftwaffe blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights

1941-05-20

White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games

1943-06-04

St Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter

1944-01-23

Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers & NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0

1944-08-17

Yanks Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game

1946-05-20

Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances

1947-08-16

Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs

1948-05-23

Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs

1950-05-18

Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders

1950-09-29

Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel

1952-09-07

Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters

1952-10-07

Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins

1953-07-09

Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games

1953-08-01

Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief

1953-09-04

Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship

1954-09-13

Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games

1955-05-13

Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'

1955-07-23

NY Yankees Bob Cerv & E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1955-07-26

Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers

1955-08-05

After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games

1956-04-17

Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament

1956-07-06

Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats

1957-06-12

Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)

1958-06-04

SF Giants Hank Sauer & B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1958-08-28

Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)

1959-04-09

Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot

1959-05-03

Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader

1959-06-10

Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive HRs in 1 game

1959-06-22

Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games

1959-08-22

Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs

1959-11-04

Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP

1960-01-11

Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts

1960-05-13

Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game

1960-09-25

Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses

1961-05-09

Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings

1961-06-08

Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)

1961-06-23

Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak

1961-09-23

Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak

1961-10-09

Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning

1961-12-08

Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)

1961-12-18

For 2nd consecutive year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year

1962-07-05

Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers

1962-07-06

Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer

1962-09-05

Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th

1962-11-07

Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie

1963-06-27

Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games

1963-07-31

Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)

1963-07-31

Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, & Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)

1963-08-08

LA Dodgers F Howard & B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1963-08-17

Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief

1964-09-02

Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal

1965-06-06

Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive HRs beating White Sox 12-0

1965-10-05

Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups

1965-10-07

Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups

1965-11-29

Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups

1966-08-26

Balt Orioles Roznovsky & B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1967-02-28

Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal

1967-04-21

Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)

1967-10-11

World Series record 3 consecutive HRs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, & Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox

1967-10-29

Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions

1968-02-24

Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games

1968-05-06

Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)

1968-05-18

Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games

1968-05-19

Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games

1968-06-08

Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning

1969-04-09

Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3

1969-06-29

On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896)

1969-08-27

Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)

1970-04-30

Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games

1970-06-24

Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs

1970-07-26

Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton

1971-03-27

33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title

1971-11-05

NBA's LA Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak

1972-01-07

LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)

1972-01-28

Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game

1972-03-25

UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title

1972-05-18

John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded

1972-07-23

Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France

1972-10-08

Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions

1973-01-27

UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)

1973-02-05

Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders

1973-06-23

Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched

1973-09-30

Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions

1974-05-06

A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games

1974-06-11

Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief

1974-06-24

Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired

1974-07-03

Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers

1975-07-23

LA Dodgers W Crawford & Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1975-08-24

Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing

1975-09-01

NY Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons

1975-09-03

Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak

1976-03-04

John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio

1976-04-17

NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs

1977-05-29

Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one

1977-06-30

Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto

1977-07-24

Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen

1977-10-01

Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title

1977-10-18

Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record

1977-11-20

Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions

1978-02-05

Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded

1978-03-31

Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National & retires

1978-05-17

Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run

1978-07-25

Cin Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games

1978-09-01

Indians' Sammy Stewart tosses 7 consecutive strikeouts (vs Balt)

1978-09-30

Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title

1979-01-09

High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws

1979-10-21

Ozzie Newsome begins NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions

1979-12-21

Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game

1980-08-20

Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season

1980-09-14

Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions

1980-09-17

Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22

1980-09-18

Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base

1980-12-21

Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions

1981-02-28

Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws

1981-05-04

Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2

1981-05-08

Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record

1981-05-25

Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits

1981-11-18

Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP

1982-02-15

Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw

1982-02-27

Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw

1982-04-05

Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season

1982-05-18

Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs

1982-06-07

LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games

1982-06-07

Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game & goes 0-for-4

1982-11-03

Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young

1982-11-05

Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)

1982-12-05

Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions

1983-01-02

Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes

1983-04-16

Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games

1983-05-07

August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups

1983-07-29

Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak

1983-08-24

Cin Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745

1983-10-02

Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions

1984-05-25

Det Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins

1984-06-16

Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race

1984-09-17

Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games

1984-09-18

Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons

1985-08-12

Balt Orioles W Gross & L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1985-08-20

Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win

1985-09-03

NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game

1985-10-27

Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions

1985-12-09

Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive games with a reception

1986-04-30

Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games

1986-07-09

Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740

1986-09-01

Texas Rangers O McDowell & Porter are 7th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1986-12-26

Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games

1987-05-09

Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games

1987-06-11

Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd consecutive term

1987-07-27

Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive

1987-08-26

Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games

1987-09-14

Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken

1987-09-20

Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions

1987-11-03

On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56

1987-11-11

Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards

1987-11-29

Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes

1987-12-09

Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws

1988-01-17

"The Fumble", trailing 38-31 with 1:12 left in the AFC Championship Game, the Browns' Earnest Byner fumbled at the Denver 3-yard line, sending the Broncos to their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance

1988-02-27

Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating

1988-06-24

Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves

1988-06-24

Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak

1988-06-25

Cal Ripken Jr plays in his 1,000th consecutive game

1988-08-12

Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23

1988-08-12

Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home

1988-09-20

Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons

1988-09-28

LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns

1988-09-30

Dave Stieb loses 2nd consecutive no hitter bid with 2 outs in 9th

1988-09-30

LA Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings

1989-01-02

UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game

1989-02-08

Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days

1989-04-03

Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St Louis at Shea Stad

1989-04-05

Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak

1989-04-06

Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak

1989-05-01

Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days

1989-05-14

1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)

1989-06-04

Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway

1989-06-24

Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases

1989-09-14

Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons

1989-09-25

Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits & 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons

1989-10-29

Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions

1990-06-12

Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list

1990-08-26

Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs

1991-03-19

Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses

1991-04-15

Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road

1991-05-04

NY Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1991-05-23

San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship

1991-07-19

Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game

1991-08-06

Debbie Doom (US) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0

1991-09-13

Joe Carter 1st baseball player with 3 consecutive 100 RBI seasons with 3 different teams (Indians, Padres, Blue Jays)

1992-07-26

Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons

1992-08-23

Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons

1993-03-15

Vinod Kambli scores 227 v Zimbabwe, his 2nd consecutive Test 200

1994-03-02

William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), casts his 18,401 & last consecutive vote

1994-06-19

Tigers tie record of hitting HRs in 25th consecutive games

1995-05-12

Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves

1995-05-20

Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of HRs in 5 consecutive games

1995-06-10

Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer

1995-06-25

Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings

1995-08-20

Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save

1995-08-23

Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save

1995-08-25

Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves

1995-09-16

Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory

1995-10-01

Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers

1996-07-05

NY Yank John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves

1996-07-14

NY Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves

1996-07-15

After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd

1996-07-17

Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves

1997-05-11

NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

1997-07-12

Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit

1997-09-20

Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive

1997-11-20

Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played

2000-09-16

Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire

2002-04-14

66th Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win in two consecutive years

2002-09-08

Texas Rangers set a major league record by homering in their 26th consecutive game as Texas falls to the Tampa Bay

2002-09-09

Pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record

2004-02-16

The Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 12th consecutive home game, a NHL record

2005-05-05

The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-elected for a third consecutive term.

2005-07-24

Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive Tour de France victory (stripped for doping in 2012)

2005-11-27

President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, in power since 1967 and the longest-serving head of state in the world, was re-elected to his third consecutive seven-year term.

2009-08-15

Portugal leaves recession after three consecutive quarters of negative growth having its GDP recover by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2009

2010-01-26

After 6 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, the UK economy officially finally comes out of recession with a GDP growth of 0.1%

2012-01-09

Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the second consecutive year

2012-10-07

Sébastien Loeb wins the World Rally Championship for the ninth consecutive year

2012-11-25

Sebastian Vettel wins the 2012 Formula One championship for the third consecutive year

2013-01-07

Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year

2013-01-27

Novak Djokovic defeats Andy Murray to wins his third consecutive men's singles title at the 2013 Australian Open

2013-02-16

Lionel Messi scores his 14th consecutive goal in La Liga and his 300th goal in 365 appearances for Barcelona

2013-11-14

Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes

2013-11-17

Sebastian Vettel wins a record breaking eighth consecutive Formula One race in the 2013 United States Grand Prix

2016-02-25

Curry Ties NBA Record, Now Has 3s in 127 Consecutive Games

2016-08-15

Usain Bolt streaks to third consecutive Olympic gold in 100 meters

1960-08-24

Cal Ripken, Havre de Grace Maryland, shortstop (Baltimore Orioles, consecutive game streak)

1991-01-28

Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66

1997-10-06

Johnny Vander Meer, pitched consecutive no-hitters, dies at 82