what baseball record is least likely to be broken......steroids or not?

Answer 1

I answered this question last night as well. My response was -

Records I'm almost positive that will never be broken (no particular order) -
1. Cy Young - 511 wins (Good luck even passing Walter Johnson's 2nd place 417)
2. Cy Young - 316 losses
3. Cy Young - 749 complete games
4. Walter Johnson - 110 shutouts
5. Nolan Ryan - 7 no-hitters
6. Nolan Ryan - 5714 strikeouts
7. Nolan Ryan - 383 strikeouts (single season)
8. Ed Walsh - 464 innings pitched (single season)
9. Charles Radbourne - 59 wins (single season)
10. Grover Alexander - 16 shutouts (single season)
11. Rickey Henderson - 130 stolen bases (single season)
12. Rickey Henderson - 1406 stolen bases
13. Ty Cobb - 54 stolen bases of home plate
14. Sam Crawford - 309 triples
15. Sam Crawford - 51 inside the park home runs
16. Honus Wagner - 5 inside the park grand slams
17. Pete Rose - 4256 hits
18. Pete Rose - 3215 singles
19. Joe DiMaggio - 56 game hitting streak
20. Hank Aaron - 6856 total bases
21. Cal Ripken Jr. - 2632 consecutive games

Record of futility I'm sure no one wants to set -
22. Anthony Young - 27 consecutive losses between wins

There's probably lots of smaller scale records, like Fernando Tatis' 2 grand slams in 1 inning or Shawn Green's 19 total bases in a game, but I chose full season or career for more of a solid basis than 1 game.

Answer 2

There is no way any pitcher will ever break the Cy Young games won record of 511. The game is different now than it was when he was pitching and a pitcher today would have to win 20 games every year for 25+ years to get there. Pitchers today would have to be a great pitcher, on a great team, as well as lucky to have 4 or 5 seasons with 20 wins in their career, and no pitcher is going to have a 25+ year career. The Cy Young record will never be broken.

Answer 3

There are two I think of. I would have to say Nolan Ryan's all time strikeout record. No one will get close to that one. Cal Ripkens consecutive game record is another one for sure. I just don't see in this day in age, someone sitting through every game. There are a lot of players that miss 10 or more games a season on average as it is. Ripken was balls-out, and I respect him for that.

Answer 4

There's too many ways to approach this -- hitting, pitching, baserunning, defense, career, season, game, streak... anyway.

Young's complete games record -- 749 in his career -- is absolutely unassailable. It would take a career of well over 35 years, maintaining league-leading performance the entire time, to even think about approaching it. Gameplay conditions have changed far too much.

Unless gene therapy and longevity treatments come along that make steroids look like Flintstones vitamins, Young will be keeping this mark forever.

Answer 5

cal ripken's consecutive games streak will never be threatened. first of all, players just don't have the heart that he had. they take days off all the time or sit out for minor injuries. also, baseball is so much of a business now that if a player has any kind of injury, the manager is going to be urged to rest him so he won't reaggravate the injury and have to sit out longer. we just don't have they guys with the balls that cal ripken had.

Answer 6

there are two records that are unlikely to be broken. both are held by the most under-rated player of all time.the records are the all time stolen base record and the single season stolen base record. and there may be another. the most home runs to lead off a game also held by mr. henderson

Answer 7

Cy Young's 511 games won, Cy Young's 316 games lost & Cy Young's 827 decisions.

Answer 8

Cal Ripken's consecutive games played.
Tony Cloninger (a pitcher) hitting 2 grand slams in one game.

Answer 9

Most consecutive no-hitters.

Johnny Vander Meer is the only pitcher to throw back-to-back no-hitters. In order for someone to break the record, he would have to throw THREE consecutive no-hitters.

Just can't see that happening.

Answer 10

Ripken's consecutive game streak.