Most Consecutive Games With a Home Run

In 2022, groups averaged 1.07 dwelling runs per sport, which is near a round-tripper each 31 at-bats. 

That very same 12 months, Mike Trout practically single-handedly hit that mark for the Los Angeles Angels, going yard in seven consecutive video games. 

Arguably one of the tough feats in baseball, a seven-game streak of consecutive dwelling runs is extra unusual than a four-homer sport, a Triple Crown, and even hitting for the cycle. And Trout doesn’t even maintain the Main League report for many consecutive video games with a homer – three gamers have him beat with eight. 

Under is an inventory of essentially the most consecutive video games with a house run in Main League Baseball historical past, with the present report set a half-century after the beginning of the trendy period in 1901. 

Most Consecutive Video games With a House Run 

T-1. 8 – Dale Lengthy, Pittsburgh Pirates (05/19/1956 – 05/28/1956)   

In 1956, Lengthy, a comparatively unknown first baseman, set the MLB report for longest dwelling run streak. Coming into that stretch, the Pirates held a 12-14 report however solely dropped one of many subsequent eight video games during which Lengthy went lengthy. He narrowly managed to hit a dinger in seven straight video games, knocking one out within the eighth inning in a win towards the Philadelphia Phillies. And his record-breaking homer got here in a 3-2 Pirates victory towards the Brooklyn Dodgers, the place he hit a solo shot towards Carl Erskine. Nonetheless, Lengthy’s hopes of extending the streak to 9 had been floor to a halt when he went hitless in 4 at-bats the subsequent day. 

T-1. 8 – Don Mattingly, New York Yankees (07/08/1987 – 07/18/1987) 

Tied at first with a homer in eight straight video games is Mattingly, who started his run with 4 RBIs and two dwelling runs in a sport towards the Minnesota Twins. And over the subsequent seven, he drove in a whopping 17 extra RBIs and had one other two-homer sport. His record-tying dwelling run – and his 18th of the 12 months – got here within the fourth inning of a 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers. The next sport was much more disastrous for the crew, the place they had been blown out 20-3 and Mattingly’s solely bases had been a single and a double. 

T-1. 8 – Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle Mariners (07/20/1993 – 07/28/1993)   

In a season the place he hit 45 lengthy balls, it’s nearly no shock Griffey is tied for many consecutive video games with a homer. His streak began in a win towards the New York Yankees, and he adopted up the subsequent day with one other dwelling run versus the Yankees. The Corridor of Famer dominated Cleveland’s pitching workers within the crew’s highway journey, homering in every of the 4 video games performed within the collection. He reached a streak of seven with a grand slam in a seven-run third inning towards the Minnesota Twins, a sport that the Mariners received by a two-run margin. Griffey tied the report with a solo shot the subsequent day – and would have reached 9 video games had he hit his double just some ft additional. 

T-4. 7 – Jim Thome – Cleveland Indians (06/25/2002 – 07/03/2002) 

T-4. 7 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants (04/12/2004 – 04/20/2004)  

T-4. 7 – Kevin Mench, Texas Rangers (04/21/2006 – 04/28/2006)   

T-4. 7 – Kendrys Morales, Toronto Blue Jays (08/19/2018 – 08/26/2018)   

T-4. 7 – Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds (07/24/2021 – 07/30/2021)   

T-4. 7 – Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels (09/04/2022 – 09/12/2022) 

Most Consecutive Video games With a House Run By a Crew

1. 31 – New York Yankees (05/26/2019 – 06/30/2019)

Unsurprisingly, among the best dwelling run-hitting groups of all time tops this record. The 2019 Yankees have the second-most dwelling runs of all time, behind simply the Minnesota Twins from the identical 12 months. The Twins completed one homer forward (307-306). However the Yankees homered in 31 consecutive contests, beginning the streak towards the Kansas Metropolis Royals and hitting seven homers in 5 conferences with the rival Boston Crimson Sox alongside the way in which. New York, which reached the ALCS within the playoffs, broke the earlier mark of 27 by the 2002 Texas Rangers, who completed 27 video games out of a wild-card spot. The 2019 AL pennant-winning Houston Astros additionally rank within the prime 10 all time with 25 straight earlier than the season got here to an finish. 

2. 28 – Atlanta Braves (6/10/2023 – 7/15/2023)

T-3. 27 – Texas Rangers (08/11/2002 – 09/09/2002)

T-3. 27 – Houston Astros (09/01/2019 – 07/25/2020)

T-5. 25 – New York Yankees (06/01/1941 – 06/29/1941)

T-5. 25– Detroit Tigers (05/25/1994 – 06/19/1994)

T-5. 25 – Atlanta Braves (04/18/1998 – 05/13/1998)

T-5. 25 – San Diego Padres (06/28/2016 – 07/27/2016)

T-5. 25 – St. Louis Cardinals (08/09/2016 – 09/06/2016)

Most Consecutive Postseason Video games With a House Run 

1. 6 – Daniel Murphy, New York Mets (10/13/2015 – 10/21/2015) 

With one homer already below his belt within the postseason, Murphy began his streak in Recreation 4 of the tightly fought Divisional Sequence towards the LA Dodgers. His fourth-inning solo shot supplied the Mets’ solely run in a 3-1 loss. However in Recreation 5, his 3-for-4 outing included a homer within the sixth that in the end clinched the collection for New York. His streak continued within the Nationwide League Championship Sequence, the place he hit over .500 and went lengthy in all 4 video games of the Mets’ sweep of the Chicago Cubs. With a two-run shot within the eighth inning of Recreation 4, Murphy set the report for many consecutive postseason video games with a homer – and helped ship the Mets to the World Sequence for the primary time since 2000. 

T-2. 5 – Carlos Beltran, Houston Astros (10/11/2004 – 10/17/2004) 

When Beltran began his dwelling run streak, the Astros and Atlanta Braves had been tied with two wins apiece within the Divisional Sequence (and he already had gone lengthy twice). In a must-win Recreation 5, Beltran had a monster displaying, going 4-for-5 with two round-trippers and 5 RBIs. With the Astros clinching the collection, they confronted the St. Louis Cardinals within the NLCS, and Beltran homered in every of the primary 4 video games. However he hit only a single in Recreation 5, ending his streak, and the Astros misplaced the collection in seven video games. 

T-2. 5 – George Springer, Houston Astros (10/28/2017 – 10/05/2018) 

Springer is the one hitter on this record to have a house run streak that spans over two postseasons. Within the 2017 World Sequence between the Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Springer first went yard in a 6-2 Recreation 4 loss. With the collection tied at two wins apiece, his three homers within the subsequent three video games helped Houston defeat Los Angeles in seven video games – and win their first title in franchise historical past. Springer’s streak continued in 2018, the place homered in Recreation 1 of the Divisional Sequence towards Cleveland, who they swept earlier than shedding in 5 to the Boston Crimson Sox within the American League Championship Sequence. 

T-2. 5 – Giancarlo Stanton, New York Yankees (09/29/2020 – 10/07/2020) 

Final on the record is Stanton, who hit a pair of lengthy balls to assist carry dwelling an American League Wild Card Sequence win towards Cleveland. In a Recreation 1 win within the AL Divisional Sequence versus the Tampa Bay Rays, Stanton hit a grand slam within the prime of the ninth. And he adopted up with a three-run shot in Recreation 2 and a two-run knock in Recreation 3, however neither had been sufficient to lead to wins. He was held to only one hit in his subsequent seven at-bats, the place in the end, the Rays received the collection in 5 video games. 

Most Consecutive Postseason Video games With a House Run By a Crew

1. 23 – New York Yankees (10/04/2019 – 10/19/2022)

You’d assume a crew that homered in 23 consecutive playoff video games would have had extra success, however the Yankees couldn’t get previous the rival Houston Astros within the 2019 and 2022 ALCS. In addition they fell to the Tampa Bay Rays within the 2020 ALDS and the rival Boston Crimson Sox within the 2021 AL Wild Card Recreation.

2. 17 – Arizona Diamondbacks (10/14/2007 – 10/16/2023)

3. 16 – Texas Rangers (10/04/2023 – ACTIVE)

T-4. 14 – Houston Astros (10/20/2017 – 10/14/2018)

T-4. 14 – Los Angeles Dodgers (10/12/2020 – 10/06/2021)

Most Consecutive World Sequence Video games With a House Run

1. 6 – Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves/Los Angeles Dodgers (10/31/2021 – ACTIVE)

The 2024 World Sequence between the Dodgers and Yankees options Juan Soto, Aaron Choose, Giancarlo Stanton, Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts. Nonetheless, it’s been Freeman who has stolen the present with a walk-off grand slam in Recreation 1 after which homers in Video games 2, 3 and 4 to interrupt Springer’s report and put the Dodgers on the verge of the title.

2. 5 – George Springer, Houston Astros (10/28/2017 – 10/22/2019)

Springer homered in Video games 4-7 of the 2017 World Sequence towards the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier than then going deep once more towards the Washington Nationals in Recreation 1 of the 2019 World Sequence. Over his profession, Springer has hit .339 with seven homers, seven doubles and 11 RBIs in 14 World Sequence video games. Fairly spectacular.

T-3. 4 – Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees (10/05/1928 – 09/28/1932)

T-3. 4 – Reggie Jackson, New York Yankees (10/15/1977 – 10/10/1978)

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