1. Cal Ripken’s career consecutive game streak of 2632.
2. Ichiro Suzuki’s single season base hit record of 262.
3. Cy Young’s 511 career wins.
4. Hack Wilson’s single season RBI total of 191.
5. Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak.
6. Lou Gehrig’s career grand slam total of 23
7. Ty Cobb’s career total of stealing home 54 times.
8. Nolan Ryan’s 7 career no-hitters.
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I think all can be broken except Nolan Ryan’s 7 no-hitters. I just can’t see any pitcher ever doing that as short as pitching careers are anymore. I don’t even think we will see another 300 game winner after Randy Johnson gets his this year.
Most of them are very difficult records to break, some damn near impossible, but there is one that will NEVER under any circumstances be broken, and that’s Cy Young’s 511 wins. A pitcher would have to start every 3rd game for 25 years to even have a chance.
Cy Young’s 511 Career Wins.
Average 10 wins over about 51.1 years.
Average 15 wins over about 34 years.
Average 20 wins over about 26 years.
Average 25 wins over about 21 years.
Average 30 wins over about 17 years.
Considering most careers top at around 20 years 10,15, and 20 wins don’t seem like its going to happen.
25 wins happens maybe by 1 pitch maybe once a year. Sometimes it doesn’t even happen. And over the course of 21 years? Especially in this ERA where hitting keeps getting better and better. Not going to happen. Unless is so physically sound that they can play baseball for 35-50 years and average 10-15 wins its just not going to happen.
Cy Young’s 511 wins. They just don’t allow Pitchers that many appearances like back then anymore.
Young’s 511 wins.
Gameplay conditions and overall usage of pitchers has changed far too drastically over the past century to allow anyone to approach this. Consider — second place is Johnson with 417 (-94), and his career was immediately subsequent to Young’s. Since WWII, the leading career W total is Spahn’s 363 (-148).
Simply not going to happen, unless gene therapy or some other advanced form of bioengineering starts enabling players to have 40-year careers, with 20+ year peaks.
Easiest to break — and no, you didn’t ask this, but it is the natural complement — is either Suzuki’s season hit record or Gehrig’s grand slams.
Suzuki set his mark a mere five years ago, and he’s still playing. It is not likely to be broken — it IS a record, and therefore, hard — but conditions haven’t changed much since then.
Gehrig is at risk if the Dodgers can put enough runners on for Ramirez, who has 20 himself, a darn good eye, and no shortage of power. I WANT this mark to fall! Lou has held it since 1938, and 70 years is enough. (Plus, nothing is so frustrating as a record assault that falls short. I was SO annoyed Biggio didn’t take the career HBP record, finishing two short of Jennings.)
7. 54 times?!!? thats insane! its good to steal home 5 times in your career, but 54 times?! that’ll never be broken!
7. Ty Cobb stealing home 54 times.
Why? Because barely any players steal home once in a single season.
Honorable Mention: 511 Wins, Joe D, Cal Ripken.
7. Ty Cobb’s career total of stealing home 54 times.
Nobody steals bases anymore, let alone home plate. If Rickey Henderson, Tim Raines or Vince Coleman couldn’t do it, nobody will.
Very hard to select. These were really good choices.
Either Cy Young’s 511 wins
-or-
Hack Wilson’s 191 RBI season
the hardest record to break is to master the art of maintaining $ 200 million payroll and missing the playoff. Except, of course, for the Yankee doodles, no team will ever fail to make the playoffs with that kind of payroll.
Either choice 3, or choice 8.
Choice 3: We may not see a 300 game winner pitcher for a vey long time, let alone 511 wins.
Choice 8: Not that many pitchers work deep into the games anymore. Not everyone is a workhorse like Roy Halladay or A.J Burnett.
If I had to pick one: Choice 3.
Cy Young’s record of 511 wins. That one will never be broken. If you averaged 25 wins for 20 years, you still would be 11 wins short. WOW!
All the other ones have a chance, but since pitchers only get 35 starts a year and six innings is a quality start, a good pitcher may only get 25 decisions in a year.
Cy Young’s 511 wins.
20 wins a year for 25 years is only 500. No one will ever come close.
I think Tom Glavine may have been your last 300 game winner.
Ripkin’s 2632 games would be next, none of the players today could get that done either.
Cy Young’s 511 career wins.
That’s so staggering a total that it’s no wonder they named the annual best pitcher award after him.
Nolan Ryan’s 7 career no-hitters,Ty Cobb’s career total of stealing home 54 times. and pete’s rose career hit record of 4,256
Cy Youngs.
These days pitchers just plain don’t pitch that much, they are weaker. Cy started so many games I just don’t see that happening again. With pitchers playing once every five days, you need a long and very fruitful career for those kind of numbers.
Cy Young 511
pitchers rarley strt more than 45 games
back then it was common for a pitcher to start about 60 some times more games a year
but one record that will benext to impossible to break is the back to back no hitters by Johnny Van Der Meer // for a pitcher to do thta is to throw 3 no hitters in a row
it is a toss between
Cobb’s stolen base record
or
Cy Young’s Record.
Nobody even attempts to steal home no more
and Cy Young was the perfect pitcher,,,