Sean Doolittle's walkless games streak
By Jason Wojciechowski on May 20, 2014 at 10:49 PM
From the Baseball Reference Play Index:
| Rk | Strk Start | End | Games | IP | BB | Tm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Eckersley | 1989-08-17 | 1990-06-10 | 41 | 50.0 | 0 | OAK |
| 2 | Sergio Romo | 2012-08-04 | 2013-04-22 | 38 | 32.1 | 0 | SFG |
| 3 | John Smoltz | 2003-07-24 | 2004-06-08 | 38 | 38.1 | 0 | ATL |
| 4 | Koji Uehara | 2010-07-19 | 2011-04-15 | 36 | 37.2 | 0 | BAL |
| 5 | Mark Eichhorn | 1990-09-21 | 1991-06-25 | 34 | 45.0 | 0 | CAL |
| 6 | Wilton Lopez | 2010-07-26 | 2011-04-09 | 33 | 32.2 | 0 | HOU |
| 7 | Tom Morgan | 1957-09-24 | 1958-08-12 | 33 | 52.1 | 0 | KCA-DET |
| 8 | Lew Burdette | 1966-08-16 | 1967-07-16 | 32 | 36.1 | 0 | CAL |
| 9 | Dale Thayer | 2009-05-27 | 2012-05-20 | 31 | 31.2 | 0 | TBR-NYM-SDP |
| 10 | Mariano Rivera | 2005-06-26 | 2005-08-31 | 31 | 35.2 | 0 | NYY |
| 11 | Sean Doolittle | 2013-09-01 | 2014-05-17 | 30 | 33.0 | 0 | OAK |
| 12 | Luis Ayala | 2005-04-17 | 2005-06-14 | 30 | 31.2 | 0 | WSN |
| 13 | Doug Jones | 1997-06-01 | 1997-08-17 | 30 | 32.0 | 0 | MIL |
Tied for 11th all time, you guys. Sadly, that's where it ends with a walk in tonight's save, one shy of single digits. Still, 11th all time! That's not bad. It's been fun.