In the days between Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta’s last two regular-season losses, 481 pitchers lost a regular-season game.
Jake Arrieta | .431 |
Clayton Kershaw | .445 |
Marco Estrada | .563 |
Madison Bumgarner | .568 |
Stephen Strasburg | .570 |
Arrieta’s winning streak ended at 20 straight decisions. Elias Sports Bureau research shows that only two pitchers have had longer winning streaks – New York Giants Hall-of-Fame starter Carl Hubbell (24 from 1936 to 1937) and Pirates reliever Roy Face (22 from 1958 to 1959).