What is the most amazing stat in history?

Question

It can be a postive or negative one. Team or individual.

Answer 1

Cy Young 511 Wins

No friggin' way can any pitcher touch that ever. With a 5-pitcher rotation pretty common it would take a pitcher having 26 seasons with 20 wins to pass that record meaning if they started at age 18 they'd be 44 by the time they passed his record.

A team would have to lower their pitcher rotation to 3 or so with a pitcher pitching (and winning) consecutive games to get the number of wins Cy Young did.

Answer 2

I have two. My second most amazing stat is this: If you have 2700 career strikeouts, you are a solid candidate for the hall of fame. If you have 3000 career strikeouts, you are almost guaranteed a spot in Cooperstown. Nolan Ryan had BOTH. But ..
My Most amazing stat took place in 1927. Babe Ruth hit third for the Yankees and hit 60 Home Runs..that is well known. What may not be well known is that Lou Gehrig hit cleanup for the Yankees, BEHIND a guy with 60 homers, and yet drove in 175 runs. 175 Rbi's?? Coming up with the bases empty a ton of times, plus even if Ruth made an out, Gehrig would lead off a ton of innings. 175 Rbi's...are you kidding me? Btw, Gehrig also has the American League record of 184, and unlike Hack Wilson, who has the single season record of 191, Lou was not a one hit wonder. He AVERAGED 150 rbis for his career. He was awesome.

Answer 3

5,714 K's...

That's the equivalent of more than 300 strikeouts per year for 19 years, or 225 per year for 25 years... Check the yearly stats -- in today's game, it's rare when someone gets to 250 in a season, and it's even more rare that anybody would play for 25 years in today's day and age...

(By the way, the fact that so many people put Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak so high on these lists amazes me. All he did was go to work everyday. I do that too, but I don't get most of October, November, December, January, February and March off every year...)

Answer 4

Mine would be Johnny Vander Meer pitching two consectutive no hitters as a rookie...NO ONE will ever beat that, cause how many rookies even pitch ONE no no...

Every other record, even Cy Young's 511 wins are actually attainable under the right circumstances...

A batting stat I find amusing is Don mattingly;s grand slam record in one season I believe he hit 6 one year but always batted third, costing him one chance at a grand slam every game. Try that you number three hitters.

And the most odd ball stat is the fact that Raffy Palmiero was a long time product endorser for Viagra. Coincidence...I don't think so.

Answer 5

Jack Morris pitching 10 innings of shutout ball in game 7 of 1991 World Series for the win at 36. No manager will ever let a pitcher do that again, its just crazy, i still have a hard time beleiving it.

Answer 6

The most amazing baseball stat in history is the one that will never be recognized by baseball. It is obviously Pete Rose's 4,256 hits. This record will never be broken. The closest active player, Craig Biggio (2,861), is about to retire and isn't even close.

Answer 7

I think Cy Young’s 30058 batters face is an incredible stat. if you figure out that the best pitcher today faces at most 1000 batters that means he’d have to play for 30 years to ever come close that stat.

Answer 8

Joe Dimaggios 56 game hitting streak, first of all, its hard enough to play 56 games in a row let alone get a hit in every one of them. No one has really even come close to this record, thats why i think its the best of all time.

Answer 9

The 56 game hitting streak

Answer 10

To name a few DiMaggio's (56) consecutive game hit streak, Ted Williams (84) consecutive games on base and Rickey Henderson's stolen base record.