Which is the most unbreakable baseball record?

Dboneesq

I'm going with Cy Young's 511 wins. Pitchers just don't get enough starts. A pitcher would have to never miss a start, start 32 games per year for 16 years and WIN EVERY GAME to break the record!

tsalems1

You forgot Ted Williams last to bat over. 400

tsalems1

My vot however is Cy Youngs 511 wins

Dboneesq

<< <i>You forgot Ted Williams last to bat over. 400 >>


Hey, never mind adding more choices. Six choices is enough. You should concentrate on cornering the OPC market when you head north later this month! LOL. GOOD LUCK.

tsalems1

Lol! Im working on it. Will keep everyone posted

Jakt

From a mathematical standpoint, it is almost impossible for Cy Young's record to be broken. Next on the list would be Nolan Ryan's strikeout record. These are a combination of skill, endurance and a different pitching rotation that does not allow for today's pitchers to even come close.

The rest are a combination of skill, endurance and luck that if the circumstances allow, any one of them can be broken.

tsalems1

Dimaggio hit in 56 straight games and couldn't hit. 400

TJMAC

.400 is not a record. Other guys have done it. Though, it will be tough for someone to do it again. Cy Young's record without a doubt is the toughest, but I also think Ty Cobb's career batting average record of .366 is nearly as impossible. Considering the current hightest active career batting average is Albert Pujols at .326. His highest season is .359. He could not even equal Cobb's career average in one season.

grote15

511 wins, definitely, which is truly impossible. A 56-game hitting streak is not impossible (theoretically, at least) and Rose almost got there in '78..

StarPaxMan

All those are tough but could be challanged some-what with out breaking
BUT Sam Crawfords 309 triples,, nobody will ever get not even half ways there

qualitycards

Vander Meers back to back no hitters are tough to break since a pitcher would need to throw 3 no hitters in a row.
Pitching 3 complete games in a row is a helluva feat these days let alone having them all be no hitters.

Cokin75

I concur with the Cy Young wins record. These days, a pitcher would likely have to go about 16 injury free seasons before they even got 511 starts. An amazing record, for sure.

NickM

Putting aside the mathematically-impossible-to-break records (e.g., season fielding percentage for 1B or OF is already at a record of 1.000), I'll go with
single inning: most grand slams in an inning (record is 2, by Fernando Tatis)
single game: most innings pitched in a game (record is 26, by Leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger)
season: most innings pitched (record is 464, by Ed Walsh)
career: most complete games (record is 749, by Cy Young)

Nick

1960toppsguy

RIPKEN has to be in this conversation somewhere?

Dboneesq

<< <i>RIPKEN has to be in this conversation somewhere? >>


He's choice #4 in the poll.

Mickey71

Rennie Stennett went 7 for 7 in a 9 inning game....all singles. Can anyone go 8 for 8?

mlbfan2

<< <i>Rennie Stennett went 7 for 7 in a 9 inning game....all singles. >>



He had 4 singles, 2 doubles, and a triple. I should be on Mythbusters.

Mickey71

I stand corrected. He did have some doubles.

gregmo32

Cy Young, and then Cal.

cardsnbeads

Nobody is going to break Cy Young's 511 Wins. Heck outside of CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay nobody has a shot at 300 wins. There may never be another 300 game winner. I believe somebody will do back to back no-hitters. Bonds 73 Homers will never be broken either. Everything on the list won't be broken except for the back to back no hitters.

Chesboro's 41 wins and Hack Wilson's 191 RBIs will never broken. Complete games, shutouts, triples will never be touched. Henderson's stolen base record will never be broken.

Dboneesq

<< <i>Everything on the list won't be broken except for the back to back no hitters. >>


So you think someone will eventually throw Back-To-Back-To-Back no hitters?

TheCARDKid

Didn't people think Gehrig's record was once untouchable (the 2,130 consecutive games)?

-I'll go out on a limb and say it's possible to catch Ryans strikeout record, or get 375-400 wins.

Reason being, look at a guy like Randy Johnson. He got to 4,800 strikeouts. If you have a pitcher with a unique advantage like that (height), or some other factor like Greg Maddux's genius of control, I don't think its beyond possibility to get to 5,000 strikeouts or a lot of wins.

Maddux got to 355 wins in an era that didn't favor the starting pitcher. What would he have done in the 50's, 60's, or earlier?

-Any of the single season records are possible. Look at Ichiro breaking the single season hits record. I don't think anyone would have predicted that.

PowderedH2O

Thirty years ago I remember reading an article in a major sports publication that said that there would never be another 300 game winner because pitchers were making so much money that they would retire in their mid thirties and not push themselves long enough to reach 300. Since then we've had quite a number of them. So, to say there will never be another is not likely to be the case. I think Cy Young's win record is unreachable. But, the game does change. Who is to say that there won't be some change that will allow pitchers to pick up 30 wins in a season routinely, like in the days of Cy Young?

jeffcbay

In order (most unbreakable first):

Cy Young's 511 wins
Nolan Ryan's 5,714 strikeouts
Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games played
Ty Cobb's .367 lifetime batting average
Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
Johnny Vander Meer's consecutive no-hitters

Crazylegs

How about single season batting average of .440 by Hugh Duffy.

Hard enough to hit .400, try .440.

Only 6 players have hit over .375 since the 40's.

Tony Gwynn hit .394 in 1994, only missed it by a small 46%.

Like the dif. between a .300 hitter and a guy hitting .254.

I don't see that one being broken either.

Yankees001

Jack Chesbro's 41 wins in a season.

Will never be broke, pitchers only pitch 32-36 games these days.

Dave