Dodgers’ losing streak is 90 years worth of historic originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions, and their recent decade-plus of dominance is well understood by everyone in baseball.
The reality, though, is that the Dodgers have also been one of MLB’s best franchises for a long, long time — so long that this four-game losing streak they’re on is actually historic.
The Dodgers have lost four games in a row by four runs or more.
The last time they did that? 1936.
MLB Network’s Sarah Langs shared that stat on X and noted that in that span, every other franchise has had at least four such streaks:
The Dodgers have lost 4 straight games, all by 4+ runs
It’s the first time they’ve done so since July 1936 (!!!)
It’s tied for the franchise’s longest single-season such streak (joined NL in 1890)
Between the 1936 stretch & now, every other franchise had at least 4 such…
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 13, 2026
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It’s actually quite remarkable. Baseball is about consistency over a long season, and the Dodgers have done that just about as well as anyone over a long, long time.
This run of play has been a bit concerning, to be sure, but L.A. clearly still has a really talented roster, and this will probably end up looking like a blip.
And hey, at this point, pay attention. The Dodgers may not have another stretch like this for 90 years.