What is the greatest record in Major League Baseball?

Question

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.

Answer 1

I've got to agree with DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak here.

Some fun history about the streak:

Game 57 was against Cleveland, who boasted one of the best defensive third basemen in the game at the time. DiMaggio was robbed TWICE on backhanded stops down the line and thrown out.

The day after game 57... DiMaggio started another hitting streak of 26 games.

So do the math... if one of those hits would have gotten through in game 57... the streak would be 83 games. That's more than half a season.

Answer 2

Among the cities in the running for 2008's All-Star Game are Anaheim (whose stadium was so completely transformed in the late 1990s and early 2000s that some people almost consider it a whole new entity), Tampa Bay, Minnesota, and Toronto. Commissioner Selig said during the 2005 All-Star Break that the 2008 game will definitely go to an American League city. His statement would put the cities of Phoenix, Washington, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and San Diego in position for a run at the 2009 All-Star Game.

Recently (March 2006), It has been rumored that the New York Yankees would get the game, as a way to send the historic stadium off before the new Yankee Stadium opens next door in 2009.

Commissioner Bud Selig recently announced that Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City will likely host an All-Star game sometime between 2010 and 2014. He also said that the earliest an All-Star Game likely could be held at Chase Field would be 2011, when the ballpark will be 13 years old. This is because St. Louis with its new Busch Stadium and adjacent Ballpark Village is the favorite to host in 2009.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

Perfect game
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Since 1991, a perfect game has been defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a complete game victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposition player reaches first base. In short, the pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batters, or any other baserunners for any reason, even if they are thrown out trying for extra bases. By definition, a perfect game must be both a no-hitter and a shutout. Since the pitcher cannot control whether or not his teammates commit any errors, the pitcher must be backed up by a solid defense to pitch a perfect game. An error which does not allow a baserunner, such as a misplayed foul ball, does not spoil a perfect game.

Several games have not qualified under this revised definition. Some weather-shortened games featured no baserunners by one team, and there have been two games in which a team reached first base only in extra innings.

Over the past 130 years of Major League Baseball history, there have only been 17 perfect games; the two from the 19th century, at a time when the pitching distance was only 45 feet, are often not included in lists. In short, only one in about every 15,000 major league games played sees such an event. That works out to one perfect game approximately every eight years.

Answer 5

I think the "streak" records are more impressive than the career records. That being said, I would say the greatest records in MLB are:

1. DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
2. Hershiser's 59 consecutive scoreless innings
3. Gagne's 63 consecutive saves

I think it will be a long time before any of these are broken (if ever)

Answer 6

There are so many incredible records in baseball, but I believe the one that will NEVER be broken, no matter how many steroids or how much hGH is taken by a player, is Denny McLain's 31-6 record in 1968.

DiMaggio's hitting streak, Hershiser's scoreless inning streak, Ripken's consecutive games streak, Gagne's save streak, those will probably never be broken, but no pitcher will ever win 30 or more games in a season again.

Answer 7

DiMaggio's 56 game streak

--Maury
Baseball Prospectus

Answer 8

How about the Yankees 26 World Series Titles?

Answer 9

Pete Rose, 4,256 hits. This could conceivably be broken as said by Pete himself. Something to think about though: hitting 3 out of 10 pitches is considered to be a great batter.

Answer 10

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.