John Smoltz made waves recently by calling out Chipper Jones for not playing with an injury. As the linked AP article points out, it came on the heels of the Braves being shut out for the third straight game, which last happened to them in 1988.

Well that's a PI Team Streak Finder search crying out for attention, isn't it?

Turns out that since 1988, one team has a longer streak:

 Team    StreakStart  Streak End Games   Opponents
+-------+-----------+-----------+-----+-----------

 CHC      1992-04-27  1992-05-01     4   ATL,CIN                             

 ATL      2007-06-19  2007-06-22     3   BOS,DET                             
 KCR      2004-07-05  2004-07-07     3   MIN                                 
 MON      2004-04-13  2004-04-15     3   FLA                                 
 DET      1995-09-29  1995-10-01     3   BAL                                 
 NYM      1992-07-25  1992-07-27     3   SDP,PHI                             
 SFG      1992-06-23  1992-06-25     3   ATL,SDP                             
 CLE      1991-06-12  1991-06-14     3   TOR,MIN                             
 TOR      1990-08-24  1990-08-26     3   BOS                                 
 CIN      1989-04-18  1989-04-21     3   LAD,HOU                             
 ATL      1988-04-20  1988-04-22     3   HOU,CIN                             

Wow, those Cubs sure have set a lot of bad records, haven 't they?

But the Braves are the only team since 1988 to have been shut out 3 times in a row twice, once in 1988 and once in 2007. But they had a few good years in between. 🙂

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