80 Game Score Droughts

As Tristan mentioned in his Geeky Stat of the Day, Rich Hill just posted a Game Score of 84 and hadn't posted another game score of at least 80 since June 7, 2007, a span of 3020 days.  This drought seems pretty long (over 7 years!), but is it the longest?

So far, I have found 2 that are longer since 1914:

Si Johnson had a Game Score of 84 (9 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 K) on May 18, 1933 against the Boston Braves as a member of the Cincinnati Reds.  His next Game Score of more than 80 came 3302 days later (9.05 years) against his previous team (the Reds) as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies.  In this game, he pitched a 10 inning shutout, giving up 5 hits and finishing with a Game Score of 82.

Rip Collins had the second longest span at 3259 days (8.93 years).  The first game was on July 11, 1921 when he shut out the White Sox (9 IP, 5 H, 3 BB, 6 K) as a member of the New York Yankees and the second game came on June 13, 1930 when he shut out the Red Sox (11 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 2 K) as a member of the St. Louis Browns.

If we change the search to most starts between 80 Game Score games instead of most days, we get the following top 5:

1. Steve Trout -- 190 starts (1979-1987)
2. Bump Hadley -- 185 starts (1933-1941)
3. Livan Hernandez -- 177 starts (2004-2010)
4. Greg Maddux -- 176 starts (2001-2006)
5. Tim Wakefield -- 168 starts (1998-2005)

Yes, Greg Maddux was at the end of his career and his game on August 13th, 2006 was his last game with a game score of at least 80.  Interestingly enough, Tim Wakefield's drought came in the middle of his career.  He had 5 games from '95-'98 and 5 games from '05-'08 with a Game Score of 80 or more, but none in between.

If we cheat a little bit and change the criteria to a Game Score of 79 or more, then we have a runaway winner.  Socks Siebold had a Game Score of 79 in one of his only 3 appearances in 1916 (September 24th) and then had a Game Score of 81 on June 11, 1931, a whopping 5373 days (14.72 years!) later.  His streak was aided by his absence in the league from 1920-1928, but that's still an incredible number (and a great name as well).