Zack Greinke’s scoreless innings streak for the LA Dodgers—now at 43 2/3 after shutting out the Nationals over eight innings Sunday—is one of the more remarkable runs in recent history. Greinke hasn’t allowed a run over his last six starts, though none of them have been of the complete game variety.
The historic scoreless innings run is the third-best in the expansion era (starting in 1961) behind only Bob Gibson (47 in 1968), Don Drysdale (58 also in 1968), and Orel Hershiser (59 in 1988).
And although Greinke’s overall ERA of 1.30 is better than what Drysdale (2.15) and Hershiser (2.26) put up during their amazing years (Gibson had a microscopic 1.12 ERA) his streak—even if it should continue—pales somewhat in comparison because of how he’s done it.
