Unbreakable Baseball Record

[Rockslinger]

With the baseball season winding down, this will be my last baseball question of 2006.

Which meaningful baseball record will endure forever? My vote is for Cal Ripkin's 23 million consecutive games streak. Did he actually played in every inning of all those games?

 

[stever]

Cy Young's 511 career wins. Are you kidding me? With 300 game pitchers becoming a rarity, I doubt anyone will ever hit 400 wins, let alone 500.

 

[SilverC]

Joe D.'s 56 game hitting streak.

 

[Pargolfer]

No question it's....

Joe DiMaggio's 56 consecutive-game hitting streak which he accomplished in 1941...No way this can be duplicated.
One other thing, he holds the holds the record for the number of times a ball player banged Marilyn Munroe and this certainly cannot be duplicate d.LOL...

With the baseball season winding down, this will be my last baseball question of 2006.

Which meaningful baseball record will endure forever? My vote is for Cal Ripkin's 23 million consecutive games streak. Did he actually played in every inning of all those games?

 

[Don]

Cy Young's 511 career wins. Are you kidding me? With 300 game pitchers becoming a rarity, I doubt anyone will ever hit 400 wins, let alone 500.

This is my vote too. Think how impossible this is in this day and age of "babying" pitchers. Someone would have to AVERAGE 25 wins a year for 20 years to get to 500! No one in either league even got to 20 wins this year.

The 56 game streak is tough but it is in the realm of possbility. 511 career MBL wins is not.

 

[MuffinMuncher]

We had two baseplayers (both with the Phillies.. Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley) clear 40 consecutive games just this season. That 56-game streak will go down, and Ichiro Suzuki is a good candidate to do it.

Cal Ripken didnt play every inning, but merely appearing in that many consecutive games is enough. But it can be matched, although it may not be in my lifetime.

No WAY in the world anyone is ever coming close to Cy Young's 511 victories. You can argue over the others, but this one is untouchable and no one can make a credible debate that it isnt in the age of 5-man rotations where winning 20 games in a season is a rarity (16 wins was the HIGH in the National League this year).

 

[Pargolfer]

Okay,I do not argue with...

Cy Young's accomplishment....but no ballplayer banged Marylin as many times as Joe......

 

[Rockslinger]

Cy Young also lost over 300 games. Maybe the record for most career losses is also unbreakable.

 

[newguy27]

I'd say Old Hoss Radbourn's unbelieveable 59 wins by a pitcher in one season!!

While its very remotely (extremely small chance) possible that someone can get a hit in 57 straight games, pitchers only start 30-35 games these days in any one season. If anyone can get even 50 wins in one season nowadays, they would erect statues in his honour and pay the guy ALMOST as much as they overpaid A-Rod (he he he).

 

[Don]

That record looks good but how about Ted Williams battin' over .400 for a season... Suzuki came close but probably no one will hit like that...
I still think Joe D. 54 hit streak (which was in the same yr. as Williams) is the greatest hitting feat...

D:L

.400 is possible. Remember Tony Gwynn hitting .394 one year? I think George Brett hit like .390 one year also. When it is that close, it just comes down to 2 or 3 basehits that didn't drop.

Never cared for hitting streaks as much. Thought it was overrated. It is for guys who aren't patient and don't walk a lot, thuse more chances.

 

[frankcastle]

How many at bats does the average guy in the starting line up take in a year? I'm just wondering how many hits separates say .390 and .400 I mean if they have 1000 at bats in a season (which they don't) we are only talking about 10 extra hits. With 500 at bats that would be a difference of 5 hits. Doesn't seem like that much. But I guess it's obviously easier said than done.

Same goes for the hitting streak people have come close just a matter of time.

But the records involving pitchers are probably the hardest due to the afforementioned reasons (less games played per season than in the past).

 

[hak]

Most drugs ingested by a major league baseball team - 1982 Montreal Expos

 

[homonger]

How many at bats does the average guy in the starting line up take in a year?

An everyday player gets about 500-550 at bats in a season. If you get 500 AB's the difference between a star (.300) and a bum (.250) is 25 hits over the course of a season. In 'Bull Durham', Kevin Costner makes a speech about this how translates to about one extra hit per week.

For the record, DiMaggio's hit streak is 56 games for crissakes. If you're going to talk about numeric records, get the freaking numbers right.

Also, Ted Williams was the last player to hit .400 (.406 in 1941) but that is not the record for highest batting average in a season.

 

[hunter001]

The career pitching record for complete games (Cy Young) will never be touched.

 

[slowandeasy]

Most drugs ingested by a major league baseball team - 1982 Montreal Expos

I had heard something once.. not sure if it was a joke or if it was true... Something about Tim Raines only sliding head first, so that he did not spill the drugs that were in his back pocket???


Canseco (and a few of his Oakland teammates)could probably contest for that title...

 

[Toke]

First. Any record that involves "win", "losses", "Innings pitched", "complete games", etc in relation to pitchers will never be broken. As much as they play more games now, the pitching staffs are much bigger and handled differently. There was a time where the starter went the distance without any thought of using a relief pitcher. Relief pitchers were only used for injuries.

 

[peteeey]

Worst food served at a ballpark: SkyDome/Rogers Centre

 

[SilverC]

Yeah, okay, Cy's 511 wins will be tough to beat if not impossible.

 

[Toronto Passions]

Yeah, okay, Cy's 511 wins will be tough to beat if not impossible.

In those days, Cy pitched every 3 days. If not 2 at times. There was no 5 man rotation before the 70's.

As a matter of fact, many people overlook the fact that Nolan Ryan was part of a 4 man rotation for the first part of his career. At times a 3 man rotation. A sure jump start in the K record books as the 5 man came about with the advance of sports med in the early 70's.

Regardless, Ryan and his no no's are in a league of it's own. Even though he walked the park on some of those nights...lol.

 

[RTRD]

He did....

With the baseball season winding down, this will be my last baseball question of 2006.

Which meaningful baseball record will endure forever? My vote is for Cal Ripkin's 23 million consecutive games streak. Did he actually played in every inning of all those games?

....for very, very many of them. Indeed I once read that Cal does in fact own the consecutive innings streak (though they didn't count during Gehrig's time). It is something like 17,000+

The real story is that it was Lou Gehrig who "cheated"...as he was often put into games at the start, but then pulled as he became more and more ill. Everyone respected Gehrig and they respected that he was a "come to work and do my job without complaint" kinda guy...but he didn't play nine innings (or even nine outs) for those games at the end of his streak.

To answer the question though...I think this one (Cal's record) can be broken. Cal did it....and today's players are even more fit. Tejada is nearly half way there....

Cy Young's 511? No way...for the reasons already given there is no way anyone will ever get this one. Some experts believe that once Galvin makes it there will never be another 300 game winner...let alone 500...