Herman John Nabors (November 19, 1887 â October 29, 1923) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in Major League Baseball from to . From April 28 to September 28, 1916, Nabors lost 19 consecutive decisions, a major league record that has never been matched in a single season, though Cliff Curtis, several years previously, lost 23 straight decisions over 2 years, and Anthony Young once lost 27 straight decisions over the course of two seasons.