Five most unbreakable records

[zjcvols]

1. Cy Young's 511 wins
2. Cal Ripken's 2,632 game streak
3. Jack Chesbro 41 wins in a season
4. Nolan Ryan's 5700 strikeouts
5. Barry Bonds' .619 OBP for a season

What say ye volnation?

[milohimself]

Cy Young clearly belongs at the top of the list. That record isn't just a lock, it's a metaphysical certitude.

Got curious so I looked up other crazy streaks...

- Joe D's hitting streak (obviously)
- Johnny Vander Meer with two consecutive no-hitters. Unbreakable considering it would take three consecutive.
- Orel Hershiser at 67 consecutive scoreless innings
- Ty Cobb's .367 career batting average

[_vol]

Oh, wow... I can't really choose five, so here's a list.

- Babe Ruth, total bases (season) - 457 in 1921
- Hank Aaron, total bases (career) - 6,856
- Orel Hershisher, consecutive scoreless inning streak - 59 in 1988
- Nap Lajoie, .426 batting average in 1901
- Ray Chapman, single season sacrifice hits - 67 in 1917
- Sam Crawford, single season in the park HRs - 12 in 1901
- Sam Crawford, career triples - 309
- Ty Cobb, career batting avg. - .367
- Ty Cobb, career steals of home - 54
- Ted Williams, career OBP - .482
- Tris Speaker, career doubles - 792
- Pete Rose, career outs made - 10,328
- Old Hoss Radbourn, single season wins - 59 in 1884

[milohimself]

*I was counting postseason innings with Hershiser, without them the streak is 57. Still crazy, though.

[_vol]

Originally Posted by milohimself

*I was counting postseason innings with Hershiser, without them the streak is 57. Still crazy, though.

59, no?

[milohimself]

about.com said 57. Wiki says 59. Oh well.

[_vol]

Originally Posted by milohimself

about.com said 57. Wiki says 59. Oh well.

It's 59.

[zjcvols]

Originally Posted by _vol

Oh, wow... I can't really choose five, so here's a list.

- Babe Ruth, total bases (season) - 457 in 1921
- Hank Aaron, total bases (career) - 6,856
- Orel Hershisher, consecutive scoreless inning streak - 59 in 1988
- Nap Lajoie, .426 batting average in 1901
- Ray Chapman, single season sacrifice hits - 67 in 1917
- Sam Crawford, single season in the park HRs - 12 in 1901
- Sam Crawford, career triples - 309
- Ty Cobb, career batting avg. - .367
- Ty Cobb, career steals of home - 54
- Ted Williams, career OBP - .482
- Tris Speaker, career doubles - 792
- Pete Rose, career outs made - 10,328
- Old Hoss Radbourn, single season wins - 59 in 1884

Great list.

Crawford's triple record is freakin ridiculous. That's 20.5 triple for 15 season.

So is Cobb's steals of home. Different game though b/c I'm pretty sure pitchers didn't pitch from the stretch back then.

Ted Williams' career OBP...wow, that's up there too. Bonds was 40 points behind.

[zjcvols]

Originally Posted by milohimself

Cy Young clearly belongs at the top of the list. That record isn't just a lock, it's a metaphysical certitude.

Got curious so I looked up other crazy streaks...

- Joe D's hitting streak (obviously)
- Johnny Vander Meer with two consecutive no-hitters. Unbreakable considering it would take three consecutive.
- Orel Hershiser at 67 consecutive scoreless innings
- Ty Cobb's .367 career batting average

Young's will never, ever be broken unless they change the rules. Yes, different time frame. Second closest is 100 behind.

Redonk.

[zjcvols]

To put Williams' OBP in perspective.

Jason Heyward is fantastic at drawing walks. About as good as an eye for a kid his age.

His rookie year he put up a .277 BA, with a .393 OBP. That's a 116 point difference.

Let's raise that up to 130 points for his career. Complete stretch I know, but still.

Jason Heyward still has to put up a career BA of .353 to get that. .353!!!

[_vol]

Yeah, .482 OBP is one of my faves when it comes to chatting up MLB records. Mind boggling.

[TBrown]

73 HRs in a season, no?

[zjcvols]

Originally Posted by TBrown

73 HRs in a season, no?

Imagine if Ken Griffey played in Fenway.

There ya go.

It's an impressive record, but I can definitely see someone getting it, post steroid era regardless.

[005]

San Fran isn't exactly a hitter's park, is it?

[_vol]

I am more impressed with bonds' OBP versus his HR total in 2001. But, even with all those homers he did not threaten Ruth's total bases in a single season record. That just shows how dominant Ruth was.