Unbelievable Streaks: The Untold Stories Behind Baseball’s Longest Winning and Losing Runs in AL/NL History
The 2017 Cleveland team owns the American League mark with 22 consecutive wins en route to 102 victories, but it lost to the New York Yankees in five games in the ALDS. Rounding out the top five are the 1935 Chicago Cubs (21 straight wins), the 2002 Oakland Athletics of Moneyball fame (20) and the 1906 World Series champion Chicago White Sox (19).

Longest Losing Streak: 23 Philadelphia Phillies (1961)
The owners of this unfortunate streak are the 1961 Phillies, who lost 23 straight games in a season in which they finished 47-107. They finally beat the Milwaukee Braves 7-4 on Aug. 20, 1961 for their first win in nearly a month. The Cubs finished second-to-last in the National League standings that season, but still finished 17 games ahead of the Phillies.



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