What is the hardest record to break in baseball?

Question

We know about Cal Ripken j.r.'s consecutive game streak, Hack
Wilson's rbi's in one season, but what about Johnny Vander Meer's
two consecutive no hitters in 1938. It would take three straight
no hitters to top him!

Answer 1

Records, as they say, are made to be broken. However, the most difficult to break would prob. be Vander Meer's no hitters. Three in a row, can you imagine?

Answer 2

Johnny Vander Meer's consecutive no hitters will never be broken. I believe this is the one record that will last. Tom Seaver's 10 consecutive strikeouts might also be a hard one to break too. The ones you mentioned will probably endure as well but more achievable than the no hitters. Also Cy Young's 511 wins and 312 losses and Nolan Ryan's 7 no hitters will never be broken either. Oh did I mention Ty Cobb's lifetime batting average of .367?

Answer 3

I see a lot about Ripken's consecutive game streak, DiMaggio's consecutive hit streak, Ryan's 7 no-hitters, all of which I agree with.

As an addition, I highly doubt that anyone will ever hit .400 again. I truly think that the hardest record to break will be Roger Hornsby's .424 average in 1922 when playing for the St. Louis Cardinals. (That is, modern times. To extend further, Tip O'Neill hit .485 in 1887.)

Answer 4

You haven't listed it. It's Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak.

BTW, in his last three starts of the 1988 season, Dave Steib threw a complete game shut-out, then a one hitter (with 2 down in the 9th at Cleveland, Julio Franco was the hitter, and he hit a grounder to second that hit something on the infield and bounced well over the head of Manual Lee, despite the fact that Lee had the best vertical leap on the team and one of the best in MLB), and in his final start of that season, against Baltimore, went to 2 out in the 9th, when Jim Traber, pinch-hitting for Billy RIpken, hit a line drive just over the raised to the limit glove of Fred McGriff. In fact, each of those hits came on a 2-2 count. So I consider Vander Meer's record to be well within reach.

To goggleboy69, that was SEVEN no hitters for Nolan Ryan, not 6. The seventh and last was May 1, 1991, in Texas against Toronto. The irony was that he struck out Roberto Alomar to end the game - the same Roberto Alomar who as a 3 and 4 year-old, used to beg Ryan to show him how to throw a curve ball.

Answer 5

I'm going to vote for the consecutive games played. Cal's streak was amazing because it is very rare that a player can a) be good enough to play everyday without going through a hitless streak and be pulled from the lineup, b) stay healthy for, really, his entire career, and c) have a manager not ever give a player the day off. It is one of the most amazing thing's I've seen and I'm glad I did get to see it.

Answer 6

Cy Young
511 Wins
316 Losses
815 Games Started
749 Complete Games ( which is the one that will never be broken)
76 Shutouts
He pitched over 7,000 innings and faced over 28,000 batters and only gave up just a little over 7,000 hits and 138 Home Runs. All of that in 22 years. Incredible.

Answer 7

Right now I would say Nolan Ryan's strikeout record is probably going to be the hardest one to break! Nobody is even close and the number 2 guy by the name of Roger Clemens would have to average 200 Ks per year for another 8 years to get to him!!! Oh by the way that would put Roger at 52 years old! LOL NO WAY! The way the pitchers are handled today I would be willing to say it will never be broken!!!

Answer 8

Its not really a record, but i doubt anyone will catch up to the Yankees in World Series titles.

That, and Cal Ripkens record.

Id also be impressed if Aarons record was broken CLEANLY

Answer 9

I think Joe Dimaggio's record 56 game hit streak is almost untouchable. Cal Ripkens record is a testiment to longevity that could be broken. The other record you talk about and Joe D's are streaks that are a lot harder to break.

Answer 10

Out of those 3, the RBI one could be broken before the other 2, the other 2 will never be broken. Nolan Ryans strikeout record will never be broken, neither will his 7 No-Hitters.