Scoreless innings streak

Since 1998, the Official Baseball Rules state that a pitcher does not get credit for any outs recorded during an inning in which he is charged with an earned or unearned run.

[1] Orel Hershiser holds the Major League Baseball record of 59 consecutive scoreless innings which began on August 20, 1988 and ended on September 28, 1989, breaking Don Drysdale's record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, the "Year of the Pitcher.

The second-longest postseason streak was pitched by Whitey Ford, whose 33 consecutive scoreless innings is a World Series record; Ford broke Babe Ruth's 43-year-old record of 29 scoreless innings.

Christy Mathewson holds the National League record with 28 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason.

Only Walter Johnson and Luis Tiant have multiple streaks of at least 40 scoreless innings, with two each.

Orel Hershiser's 59 scoreless innings in 1988 is a Major League Baseball record
Don Drysdale's then-record 58 scoreless innings streak in 1968 included six consecutive shutouts , a Major League record.
Walter Johnson's 55 consecutive scoreless innings in 1913 was the Major League record for 55 years and remains the American League record