Which MLB team has the longest regular season losing streak?

The Cleveland Spiders have the longest losing streak of regular season games in MLB history at 24 straight games. During this streak they lost to their opponents by an average of 5.9 runs. The streak occurred entirely during the 1899 season.

Longest MLB Losing Streaks

Team Year(s) Losing Streak Streak Breaker
1 Cleveland Spiders  1899 24 @ Washington Senators Senators 5-4
2 Philadelphia Phillies 1961 23 @ Milwaukee Braves Braves 7-4
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1890 23 vs Cleveland Spiders Spiders 6-2
4 Baltimore Orioles 1988 21 @ Chicago White Sox White Sox 9-0
Chicago White Sox 2024 21 @ Oakland Athletics Athletics 5-1
6 Boston Americans 1906 20 vs Chicago White Sox White Sox 3-0
Louisville Colonels  1894 20 @ Pittsburgh Pirates Pirates 9-4
Montreal Expos 1969 20 @ Los Angeles Dodgers Dodgers 4-3
Philadelphia Athletics 1943 20 @ Chicago White Sox White Sox 8-1
Philadelphia Athletics 1916 20 @ Detroit Tigers Tigers 7-1
11 Baltimore Orioles 2021 19 vs Los Angeles Angels Angels 10-6
Boston Beaneaters 1906 19 vs St. Louis Cardinals Cardinals 6-3
Cincinnati Reds 1914 19 @ Boston Braves Braves 3-0
Detroit Tigers 1975 19 @ California Angels Angels 8-0
Kansas City Royals 2005 19 @ Oakland Athletics Athletics 2-1
16 Louisville Colonels  1894 18 @ Boston Beaneaters Beaneaters 15-10
Philadelphia Athletics 1920 18 @ Washington Senators Senators 6-2
St. Louis Browns 1897 18 vs Cincinnati Reds Reds 5-4
Washington Senators 1959 18 vs Cleveland Indians Indians 9-0
Washington Senators 1948 18 @ Chicago White Sox White Sox 10-7
Washington Senators 1903 - 1904 18 @ New York Highlanders Highlanders 9-4
22 Arizona Diamondbacks 2021 17 vs Milwaukee Brewers Brewers 5-1
Atlanta Braves 1977 17 @ Pittsburgh Pirates Pirates 6-1
Boston Red Sox 1926 17 @ New York Yankees Yankees 5-2
New York Mets 1962 17 @ Chicago Cubs Cubs 4-3
Seattle Mariners 2011 17 @ New York Yankees Yankees 9-2
Washington Senators  1894 17 vs Louisville Colonels Colonels 12-2
28 Buffalo Bisons  1885 - 16
Cleveland Spiders  1899 - 16
Boston Americans 1907 16 vs St. Louis Browns Browns 1-0
Boston Doves 1907 16 vs Pittsburgh Pirates Pirates 10-3
Boston Rustlers 1911 16 @ St. Louis Cardinals Cardinals 5-2
Brooklyn Dodgers 1944 16 @ Boston Braves Braves 8-5
Chicago Cubs 1996 - 1997 16 @ New York Mets Mets 4-3
Cincinnati Reds 1937 - 1938 16 vs Chicago Cubs Cubs 6-2
Detroit Wolverines  1888 16 @ Indianapolis Hoosiers Hoosiers 4-2
St. Louis Cardinals 1916 - 1917 16 @ Cincinnati Reds Reds 3-2
38 Boston Braves 1935 15 @ Cincinnati Reds Reds 4-2
Boston Braves 1927 15 @ Chicago Cubs Cubs 11-7
Boston Doves 1909 15 vs Brooklyn Superbas Superbas 5-1
Boston Red Sox 1927 15 vs Philadelphia Athletics Athletics 11-3
Chicago White Sox 1967 - 1968 15 @ Minnesota Twins Twins 3-2
Houston Astros 2013 15 vs New York Yankees Yankees 6-2
Louisville Colonels  1895 15 @ Washington Senators Senators 7-4
New York Mets 1982 15 vs Houston Astros Astros 5-1
New York Mets 1963 15 vs Houston Colt .45s Colt .45s 14-5
Philadelphia Athletics 1937 15 @ Chicago White Sox White Sox 2-1
St. Louis Cardinals 1909 15 vs Brooklyn Superbas Superbas 12-4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2002 15 vs Baltimore Orioles Orioles 6-4
Texas Rangers 1972 15 vs Chicago White Sox White Sox 1-0

Which MLB team has the longest active regular season losing streak?

The Chicago White Sox, the Houston Astros, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Miami Marlins, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Washington Nationals have the longest active losing streak of regular season games at 2 straight games.

Which MLB team has the most losing streaks in the all-time top 50?

The Atlanta Braves have 7 different losing streaks in the all time top 50, which is the most of any MLB franchise. The most recent qualifying losing streak by the Braves was the 17 game losing streak which started on Apr 23, 1977 and ended on May 12, 1977.

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