Baseball's most unbreakable feats
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New DVD on the subject, haven't seen it yet but it includes:
Cy Young's 511 career wins (nobody is even close to that one)
Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak.
and a lesser known:
Pitcher Johnny Vander Meer's two consecutive no-hitters in 1938
Cy Young's 511 career wins (nobody is even close to that one)
Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak.
and a lesser known:
Pitcher Johnny Vander Meer's two consecutive no-hitters in 1938
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Shane
Ones that will never be approached:
-the aforementioned 511 wins. You could win 20 games for 20 years and still be over 100 short.
-Ricky Henderson's 1406 career steals, nearly 500 more than #2.
-single season BA of .439, or career BA of .366.
-36 triples in one year.
I think the 36 triples in a season could be broken, there are some fast players out there today. The thing that will hold them back is conservative managers not wanting to risk a sure double for a possible out.
Cy Young's record is the one that will -never- be broken.
Cy Young's wins, but he also lost more games than anybody ever will.
Jack Chesbro 41 wins. I don't know if anybody will even win 30 again
Connie Mack 53 years as a manager!! 3731 won & 3948 lost Age: 87 when he retired.
to Cy's 749 complete games.
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(2)-- I know everyone is posting number, but the stat that most amazes me , is in 1913 Walter Johnson had the Most strikeouts/9 innings, lowest hits/9 innings and the lowest walks/9 innings, all in the same season. Total domination and never repeated. Clemons has come close a few times , but no cigar.
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<< <i>I think Stan Musial hit 5 HR's in a doubleheader, that is a tough one IMO. You hardly ever hear anything about that. >>
That's hard to break primarily because double-headers are now extinct except for day-night sets caused by rainouts.
<< <i>Being a Cal Ripken fan, I don't want to see the consecutive game streak broken. It could be done, but it would take a special player and a lot of lucky breaks.
I think the 36 triples in a season could be broken, there are some fast players out there today. The thing that will hold them back is conservative managers not wanting to risk a sure double for a possible out.
Cy Young's record is the one that will -never- be broken. >>
Curtis Granderson already has 15 triples this year. I think he has a real good chance of challenging the record...
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I few I would add are career bases-on-balls (walks) that Barry Bonds will forever hold when his career is over. Bonds is circa 2500 and counting, and has already surpassed Babe Ruth by about 500.
The other is Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. This one is not tied to baseball career longevity, but amazing talent. Since 1941, with all the tremendous MLB talent and HOF'ers we have seen, nobody has come closer than 44 games.
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<< <i>How about Fernando Tatis' 2 grand slams in one inning? I watched that one live. That record will never be broken, probably not even in a softball league. I will probably never even be tied. >>
Off the same pitcher no less, that's what makes that feat really remarkable!!!
pretty soon, wiht in a couple of years, there won't be 2 pitchers that add up to his total.
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<< <i>I think Stan Musial hit 5 HR's in a doubleheader, that is a tough one IMO. You hardly ever hear anything about that. >>
I believe that has been done before at least once if I remember correctly, once by Nate Colbert.
I doubt if we will see anyone hit 70+ homeruns again.
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<< <i>The Philadelphia Phillies 9,999 losses to date. >>
i belive the cubs are right on their heals.
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<< <i>How about Fernando Tatis' 2 grand slams in one inning? I watched that one live. That record will never be broken, probably not even in a softball league. I will probably never even be tied. >>
Off the same pitcher no less, that's what makes that feat really remarkable!!! >>
Only eight or nine guys have ever done it in the same game. The same inning is just remarkable. How many players have ever gotten up to bat twice in the same inning with the bases loaded?
I remember Sportscenter mentioning the feat while the game was still on. They did not make a big deal about it at all, and I couldn't believe it. I had to switch to the game myself to see if I had heard correctly.
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Jim Northrup hit 2 Grand Slam Home Runs in 1968 in consecutive times at bat.
While that was not in the same inning, it WAS in two consecutive times at bat.
Still, a big feat as you say.
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its a career year.
Kevin
its a career year.
Kevin
I think Jimmy Rollins can do it easily, if he tried.
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<< <i>The way the game has evolved, no one will ever come close
to Cy's 749 complete games. >>
A stat like that proves the point that today's hitters are superior to hitters 100 years ago. Could you image what Bonds, Howard, and Pujols would do to a pitcher who's throwing a complete game on nearly every start? It would turn into batting practice by the 8th inning every game. You should have had 20 guys with 50+ HR's a season back then with the way they abused pitchers.
No one who swings and misses as often as he does will ever come close to hitting .400.
Most steals of home for a career: 54 Ty Cobb. Jackie Robinson did it 19X, Gehrig did it 15X, and the Babe did it 10X!!
Inside the park home runs. Career: 51 Sam Crawford Season: NL: Crawford - 12, AL: Cobb - 9
If anyone ever wins the triple crown again, I think that it is safe to day that Cobb's record for fewest home runs by a triple crown winner's record is safe: 9
I also think that Tommy Leach's record for the fewest home runs to lead the league is safe - 6
No one who swings and misses as often as he does will ever come close to hitting .400.
The winky guy was meant to be facetious...
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