what baseball record will never be broken?

Question

I think Johnny VanDermeer's 2 consutive no - hitters

Answer 1

I guarantee you that no one will ever win more baseball games as Cy Young 511

Answer 2

There are several of them. Johnny VanderMeer's is one. Sam Crawford's 309 triples. Cheif Wilson's 36 triples in a season. Hugh Duffy's .440 batting average in a season. Ty Cobb's .366 career batting average is probobly safe for the next five hundred years or so. Tim Keefe's single season .857 ERA. Ed Walsh's career 1.816 ERA. Charie Radburn's 59 wins in a season. Cy Young's 511 career wins. Pete Alexander and George Bradly with 16 shutouts in a season. Walter Johnson's 110 career shutouts. Will White's 75 complete games in a season. Cy Young's career 749 career shutouts.

The common thread in all of these are that the game has changed in such a way that surpassing these records is practically impossible (except for VanderMeer, his record was impossible o surpass in any era of baseball.) For this reason, I don't include Ripken's record. There are players who play in all 162 games, so even with the increased use of the bench (especially in the NL), players do play every day. Given one hundred years, I think someone will break it. Ripken was once in a century, not once in eternity.

Answer 3

I have to agree about "The Dutchman" Johnny Vandermeer throwing back to back no-hitters was remarkable. Other considerations would have to include DiMaggio's 56 games hitting streak. Pete Rose's 4256 career hits, Ripken's 2632 consecutive game streak. But the two records that I think will forever be safe are Hugh Duffy's single season batting average of .440 during the 1894 season and Ty Cobb's career batting average of .366

Answer 4

The record number of wins in a season by a starting pitcher modern era Christy Mathewson 37 wins in 1908 for the New York Giants. In todays 5 man rotation a pitcher will be lucky to get 33 starts. Historic Record is 57 wins by Old Hoss Radbourn for the Providence Grays in 1884.

Answer 5

I think Cy Young’s innings pitched (7354.70 next closest is 6003.3) will be the one stat that may never be broken. With this age of pitch counts and relieves I don’t see anyone getting close to this number. Just to put this out there last years leader in innings pitches was Bronson Arroyo and he had 240.7 innings pitched if you did the math he would have to pitch that many innings for over 30 years to even come close to this stat. Some of the other stat the most wins or strikeout can be achieved over time with the right team or the right mentality to do the feat, but the longevity of this stat is very impressive.

Answer 6

I will go with 2 for a season...Rogers Hornsbys .424 in 1924, and Jack Chesbros 41 wins in 1904. We barely even have 20 game winners in a season anymore, and its been 66 yrs since anyone has even hit .400. For a career, Cy Youngs 511 wins, Ty Cobbs .367 lifetime average and Sam Crawfords 312 triples are safe, as most likely Ripkens consective game record, Johnsons shutout record. but beware of all records...5 yrs ago I would had to list George Sislers 257 hits a lock for a season and now its belongs to Ichiro. consecitive no hitters are a fluke but can happen. Johnny Vander Meer did it in his rookie season..and wound up with a sub .500 lifetime record..so yes it might happen again...wouldnt bet on it but it could

Answer 7

Cal Ripkins consecutive games record. This day in age with these PANZY athletes, a HANG-NAIL is an excuse to take a night off. If I were an owner, I would pay on a per game basis!! Serious Legitimate injuries, bad sprains to broken bones, or even pulled muscles (with slight tearing!) would be excused.
All this money these guys make for a job they dont even work all year long, for 3 hours a day instead of 8 and they still complain about SORE muscles??? I can't see ANYONE (Unless in the future they move into using androids!!), breaking that record.

Answer 8

I say the record hardest to break will be lowest posted ERA for a pitcher for a season - Tim Keefe 0.86 (0.857) 1880 Troy Trojans.

But since rules were different back then (more balls for a walk, more strikes for a strikeout, different field sizes, etc.) I tend to go for the career ERA record held by Ed Walsh 1.82 (1.816)

And, if you want an off-the-wall choice, I say that Eddie Gaedel's record as being the shortest baseball player ever (at 3 feet 7 inches) will never be broken.

Answer 9

While Van Demeer's 2 consecutive no-no's is impressive, I personally believe that Nolan Ryan's 7 career no hitters is slightly more impressive. What Van Dermeer did is almost freakish, and, theoretically, anyone who throws one no hitter, could throw another the next time out (I said "could," even though it is unlikely). But to throw 7, regardless of how long one pitches, is, in my opinion, more impressive, simply for the fact that 7 times, no one got a hit. And considering that #2 on the list has nearly HALF of Nolan's 7 (and is Sandy Koufax, no less!), makes it all the more impressive.

Answer 10

56 straight games with a hit. That is a ridiculously long stretch of games to get hits in, and for my money, will never be broken, much less approached. The media gets all a-twitter any time some one gets to 20! What's that tell you.


VanDermeer's is a good bet too.

Answer 11

Career decisions for a pitcher.

Cy young had a record of 511-316, for a total of 827 decisions. By comparison, Nolan Ryan had a record of 324-292, for 616 decisions.