Pitcher Mark Williamson ended the Baltimore Orioles 21 game losing streak on April 29, 1988.
Being that the streak began on opening day, Williamson was also able to give the Orioles their first win of the season.
21 ... the Orioles lost the first 21 games of the 1988 season.
The 1988 Baltimore Orioles lost the first 21 games of the season.
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The Baltimore Orioles hold the American League record for most consecutive losses. The ballclub lost its first 21 games of the 1988 season. The 1961 Philadelphia Phillies set the modern major league record with 23 straight losses.
According to MLB.com, the Orioles won 14 games in a row twice, once in 1970 and once in 1973.
As far as MLB is concerned, the longest losing streak in 23 games held by the 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys (soon to be Pirates) and the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies.
A Losing Streak was created on 1982-11-04.
The New York Yankees have the record for longest consecutive winning season streak, at 39 years, from 1926 - 1964. The Yankees have also (2010 season) tied the second longest streak (NYY 1993 - 2010), shared by the Baltimore Orioles (1968 - 1985).
No...but they had a five game losing streak.
AngelsCal Ripken Jr. made his Major League debut in a 1981 game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals, as a pinch hitter in extra innings.
That would be his current losing streak of 104 races.