What do you think is the most un-breakable record in baseball?
metsgal31 asked:
Baseball is a game of stats and records. Which record do you think will never be broken?
Baseball is a game of stats and records. Which record do you think will never be broken?
My guess is Cal Ripken Jr’s consecutive games played record of 2,632 will never even come close to being broken. It just can’t happen in the game today.
I agree with the Cal record. The next best record is the hits record, Ty Cobb has over 4000hits, people just don’t hit the ball like that any more
single season wins by a pitcher.
52 game hit streak by Joe DiMaggio will never be broken.
EDIT: My fault, it’s 56. Sorry.
joe dimaggio 56 game hitting streak
when i read the title i immediatly thought of Cal Ripken Jr’s consecutive games played record. Too many players are getting hurt these days plus coaches are giving them breaks to avoid injury.
I think that the most unbreakable records are those that occurred under different standards. Cy Young won 511 games; no starter stays in the game long enough nowadays to match that. Jack Taylor pitched 185 complete games in a row; in 2008, C. C. Sabathia became the first pitcher since 1999 to complete a mere ten games. Someone could hit in 56 consecutive games - it wouldn’t be easy, but hitting isn’t much harder than it was in 1941, and hitters still get chances to hit in every game.
Young’s career 749 complete games.
It’s not high-profile, but it is the “most impossible” to challenge.
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I’m actually glad someone brought up Tatis’ two slams in one innings.
Know what mark related to that is actually MUCH harder to break? (Granted it’s a sucky record no one would want.) Park’s allowing two slams in one inning. No pitcher ever, no matter how banged up the staff and doomed the game outcome, is ever going to get even a whiff of a chance at serving up three slams in one frame.
Pete Rose baby, 4256 hits, will never be broken.
I agree with Ripken Jr record. Also Nolan Ryan’s career 5714 strikeouts looks unbreakable too. The closest on the list is Randy Johnson and he is 930 strikeouts behind, which will take him at least 5 or 6 more seasons and he is 45 now. The next active pitcher behind Johnson is Maddux (if he doesn’t retired) at 3371.
Cal Ripken’s record will not be broken any time soon that’s for sure.
But any records for pitchers will likely not be broken in terms of wins, shutouts, complete games, stuff like that. Pitchers used to throw twice as much as they do now so pitchers would win 40 games a year. Now that technology has advance we now know that throwing so much can really hurt and arm so a pitcher is lucky if he gets 30 starts let alone 30 wins.
First, I’m a tad reluctant to say that any record is “unbreakable”. Babe Ruth’s HR record, Gehrig’s Streak, and Walter Johnson’s career strikeout record were all said to be “unbreakable”, and all were broken. Hell, even Bert Blyleven has more Ks than Johnson now, and Blyleven’s not even a Hall of Famer (not yet- though perhaps he should be).
That said, there are certain records that will -most likely- never be broken, barring a seismic shift in the way the game is played: that of course is any record relating to innings pitched, complete games, or shutouts.
749 Complete Games by Cy Young, damn. I can barely imagine anyone making 749 starts in his career, let alone 749 complete games.
the gay HR record because nobody can juice like bonds did
Longest hitting streak in baseball- Joe Dimaggio
Most strike outs- Nolan Ryan
i agree
also brad ziegler’s record in consecutive scoreless innings to begin a career
Cy Young 511 wins.
Fernando Tatis homered twice with the bases loaded,both times off Chan Ho Park in the third inning. Tatis not only became the first Major League ballplayer to hit two grand slams in one inning, but he also set a new record with eight runs batted in during a single inning.
i pick Cy Young’s complete games record because today managers put too much emphasis on the pitch count. i think any non cg record can be broken
Back to back “No hitters” by a pitcher.
I think that the pitching records are least vulnerable to being broken. Specifically the most career innings (Young, 7,356.0); complete games (Young, 749); and strikeouts (Ryan, 5,714). These records cannot be touched anymore because although players have the potential for longer careers, pitchers now pitch around six innings every five games, whereas in the past they would pitch eight or nine (or more if needed) every fourth game. Also, many of today’s young pitchers are are on strict pitch-count limits, and more and more starting pitchers find themselves in the bullpen towards the end of their careers, which can really cut their IP over the course of a season. Additionally, many injuries result in the pitcher having to rely less on power and more on finesse and strategy.
Ichiro’s single season hit record
Wins for a single season
Alltime
59 Old Ross Radbourn 1884 - no pitcher will ever pitch enough games to win 59 ever again it is a different game.
post 1900
41 Jack Chesbro 1904 - same reason
Cy Young’s record of career wins and complete games. Neither of them will EVER be touched again. No one will ever get anywhere close to them ever again.
I think with a little bit of luck and endurance, Dimaggio’s longest hitting streak of 61 (not 56) that he had in the minors for the San Francisco Seals will some day be broken….Ripkens game playing streak with endurance and luck will also be broke…the record that will never be broken is Don Newcome’s…..only man to win: Rookie of the Year….Most Valueable Player ….and the Cy Yound Award!…..no one will ever get it again!!
Cy Youngs win total 500+ will never ever have any one come close again! That will stand the test of time
Honderable mentions: Nolan Ryan k’s record, Cal Ripken, Joe D