either single season or career.... babe ruth, and so on.
2007-01-11 03:13:33 · 23 answers · asked by larrydoyle52 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
It is not Cal Ripkens that is for sure. For one simple reasons 1. He was hurting his team at time by playing for the streak because he was hurt with broken bones, or sick with extremly high fevers. But he did it for a record. So a sub-par player has this to highlight a career.
But the greatest feat is either Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak. Or Babe Ruth's 714 homeruns. Yes, I know Arron has the record, and Bonds passed him. But Arron also had over 1000 more at-bats then Ruth, I think if Ruth had 1000 at-bats in the begining of his career(the years he was a pitcher) he would be able to hit more homeruns then Arron 755.
Here are some honorable mention feats in Baseball
-Jim Abott, a pitcher with only one hand pitched a no hitter.
-When the Dodgers hit 4 homeruns back to back to back to back to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th. The win the game in the 10th on a homerun.
-The Redsox coming back from a 3-0 hole to win the series vs the Yanks and then win the World Series.
2007-01-11 07:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by kcb1305 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hammer, Henry Aaron, breaking Ruth's career home run record. In spite of the amount of hate mail, and threats aimed at him in a time in the U.S. south when a black man couldn't even stay in the same hotels as his teammates Aaron was able to stay focused, day after day, and do what few supported him to do. Do people realize that he received more letters in 1973 than the president, and a vast majority were threatening. How many could go on and do their jobs much less at a very high level for so long. Most would have broken down. Aaron is a True LEGEND and Hero to all people. The hall of fame isn't big enough for him, he belongs in the Smithsonian!
2007-01-11 15:56:26 · answer #2 · answered by Chad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd take any of this list:
Don Larsen's WS perfect game, 1956, game 5
Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters or his 5,714 career strikeouts
Bill Wambsganss' unassisted triple play in the game 5 of the 1920 WS
Cy Young's 511 career wins
Eric Gagne running the table in 2004
2007-01-11 16:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitting: Dimaggio's 56-game hit streak.
Pitching: Harvey Haddix's 12 inning perfect game in 1959 (he gave up a run in the 13th).
Honorable Mention: Nolan Ryan's 5000+ lifetime strikeouts. Pitchers are too wimpy nowadays to throw more than 6 innings a game.
2007-01-11 14:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by phil5775 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has to be Dimaggio's hit streak. Cal is great and everything, but you only get my respect for showing up to work everyday. Getting a hit in 56 games in a row is f'in amazing. Take a look, see how few people have even gotten close. It's no coincidence that everytime some guy gets near 40 games they start showing every at bat on espn.
2007-01-11 13:55:12 · answer #5 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hard. In my mind it's a toss up between Cal Ripken Jr.'s streak, which I don't think anyone will ever break again, and Ted Williams hitting 400. And not just because he hit 400, but because of HOW he had the amazing streak at the end of the season when people were telling him it couldn't be done. He went for like 9 of 16 at the end of the season... amazing.
2007-01-11 11:49:55 · answer #6 · answered by yblur 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Single season - one game - early 1920's - Joe Wambsganss (at least I think that's how its spelled) pulled off an unassisted triple play in a game. No one has done that since - and no one did it before.
Honorable mention: Joe Dimaggio's 56-game hitting streak and Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters.
2007-01-11 12:19:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Johnny VanderMeer pitching 2 consecutive no hitters. In this day and age it may never be equaled. DiMaggios' 56 game hitting streak and Cy Young's 511 wins are also pretty much untouchable.
2007-01-11 12:26:31 · answer #8 · answered by Vinnie C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Babe Ruth 60 hr's in 151 games and Roger Maris's 61 hr's in 161 games.
The real and legit home run kings.
2007-01-11 13:57:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Splendid Splinter hitting over 400.
2007-01-11 11:42:28 · answer #10 · answered by Dan 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋