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Stupid Humbug Stat Tricks - 'Eight is Enough' Edition

2007-08-21 09:32

by dianagramr

The White Sox stopped their eight-game losing streak last night with a 4-3 win over the Royals.

Interestingly, it was their longest losing streak in 16 years.

So, I decided to see which team now has gone the longest without losing at least eight in a row.

Team	StreakStart	Streak End	Games	Days since
NYY	8/19/1995	8/26/1995	8	4376
PHI	8/29/2000	9/6/2000	8	2538
BOS	8/25/2001	9/4/2001	9	2175
ANA	9/30/2001	3/31/2002	8	1967
FLA	7/7/2002	7/18/2002	8	1858
MIN	7/5/2003	7/13/2003	8	1498
ARI	8/5/2004	8/14/2004	9	1100
CLE	8/15/2004	8/24/2004	9	1090
NYM	8/28/2004	9/8/2004	11	1075
CIN	4/27/2005	5/6/2005	8	835
SDP	7/17/2005	7/26/2005	8	754
TEX	8/8/2005	8/16/2005	8	733
DET	9/16/2005	9/23/2005	8	695
CHC	5/2/2006	5/9/2006	8	467
ATL	6/11/2006	6/22/2006	10	423
LAD	7/19/2006	7/26/2006	8	389
STL	7/27/2006	8/4/2006	8	380
SEA	8/10/2006	8/20/2006	11	364
MIL	8/25/2006	9/3/2006	10	350
KCR	9/17/2006	9/26/2006	8	327
PIT	9/21/2006	9/29/2006	8	324
TOR	5/1/2007	5/10/2007	9	101
WSN	5/1/2007	5/9/2007	8	102
HOU	5/20/2007	5/30/2007	10	81
BAL	6/9/2007	6/19/2007	9	61
SFG	6/13/2007	6/22/2007	8	58
COL	6/22/2007	6/29/2007	8	51
OAK	7/6/2007	7/17/2007	9	33
TBD	7/21/2007	7/28/2007	8	22
CHW	8/11/2007	8/19/2007	8	0