Consecutive Games Scoring Unique Number of Runs

The Red Sox lost 6-4 Wednesday evening, but thanks to friend of the VORG Joey Mallick, we were more disappointed that Boston failed to score either seven runs, or more than nine runs in the game.

You see, a couple of days ago, Mallick pointed out to me that his beloved Sox had scored a different number of runs in eight straight games. They extended that streak to nine on Tuesday:

He wanted to know what the record was for the longest streak of games in which a team scored a unique number of runs. Armed with game logs from Retrosheet, and technical assistance from Matt Foreman and Sky Kalkman, here are the record-holders:

Prior to 1900: 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms – 14 games, as follows . . .

1900-1960: 1925 Philadelphia Athletics, also 14 games . . .

1961-present: 12 games, done by three teams. Most recently the 2011 Boston Red Sox . . .