What Is The Greatest Record In Major League Baseball?
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at
3:58 pm
Personally I think you'd have to go with a seemingly unbreakable record. But most wins or most hits could concevably be broken because you just need longevity (okay wins is probably unbreakable, but Cy Young just pitched like every other day).
I've got to go with DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak. The closest anyone has come is I believe Rose's 44-gamer.
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Nolan Ryan’s 5,714 strikeouts have been mentioned more than once, but his 7 no-hitters is equally impressive and deserves to be ranked amongst the greatest records in baseball history. (Nobody else has pitched more than 4…)
14 straight division titles for the Atlanta Braves – I know, I know – they only have one World Series, but still 14 in a row!
Besides DiMaggio, It would have to be a toss-up between:
*Cal Ripkin Jr – 2632 consecutive games
*Nolan Ryan – 5714 career strikeouts
*Ty Cobb – lifetime .366 batting average (24 seasons)
*Ty Cobb – 9 consecutive batting titles, 12 in 13 years
*Rogers Hornsby – 3 seasons batting over .400
*Grover Cleavland Alexander – 16 shutouts in one season
*Jack Chesbro – 41 wins in one season
As you can see, picking one is practically impossible, but these should be considered.
ripkens streak is unbeatable, 2632 games at 162 games a year comes out to 16 yrs and 34 games straight without a day off!
5714 Career Strikeouts, Nolan Ryan.
If you strikeout 250 batters for 22 seasons in a row, you’re STILL a few short!
By far the best records are by Nolan Ryan.
5,714 strikeouts and & 7 no hitters. These records will never be broken.
Baseball played in the early 1900’s is not lik it is now. Rules are different, players are better, equipment is better, parks are different, pitchers are way better. I am a baseball historian, and I have a hard time comparing records from this time peroid. Cy Youngs wins are misleading because he pitched almost every day and went complete games even if giving up 20 hits.
If he tried that now, hitters would be smacking hrs like crazy in the late innings when he got tired. Babe ruth would not have as many hrs if he faced the pitching of today.
ripken’s 2632 straight games. it will never be broken. you have to have some serious commitment to set that record.
Babe Ruth’s combined record as a hitter and pitcher. Because he was the greatest hitter who ever lived, people forget that at the beginning of his career he was an excellent pitcher.
a perfect game in a world series
once and only once
my hats off to don larsen NYY
Hack Wilson’s 190 RBI in a season is beginning to look truely amazing when you consider he did it in a 154 game season.