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Originally Posted by RichardSimon
Cy Young's hitless streak was 23 innings.
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Good guess, Shelly, Richard and Scott!
Dennis Eckersley actually pitched
23 2/3 hitless innings between 5/25/77 and 6/8/77 as a starting pitcher with the Cleveland Indians. I believe that Johnny Vander Meer went 23 1/3 hitless innings surrounding his back to back no-hitters in 1938. Vander Meer's streak broke Cy Young's and Eck broke Vandy's streak.
BTW, the answer to my first trivia question about who has the second least number of hits allowed in 3 consecutive starts where the pitcher went the distance is:
Dave Steib with 5 total hits allowed- 1988. Steib had two consecutive one-hitters where he went 8 2/3 before allowing one hit. In the third game he threw a 3-hitter. If anyone was ever destined to pitch a no-hitter it was Steib. I'm glad he finally got one in 1990 at Cleveland.