One that will never be broken!
2007-08-03 11:06:32 · 20 answers · asked by WSD 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Cy Young's 511 wins & Walter Johnson's 110 shutouts.
2007-08-03 11:09:42 · answer #1 · answered by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The most untouchable is in fact Cy Young's 511 wins. A player would have to average over 25 wins per season over a 20 year career to surpass that amount. Take into account in the past 25 years, the 25 win plateau has only been reached 2 times, once in 1972 when Steve Carlton had 27, and again in 1990 when Bob Welch got 27.
On another note, these records will also be held by the names that hold them now (in my opinion, I cannot imagine them being touched and are basically JUST AS UNBREAKABLE as Young's wins) -
1. Cy Young - 316 losses
2. Cy Young - 749 complete games
3. Walter Johnson - 110 shutouts
4. Nolan Ryan - 7 no-hitters
5. Nolan Ryan - 5714 strikeouts
6. Nolan Ryan - 383 strikeouts (single season)
7. Ed Walsh - 464 innings pitched (single season)
8. Charles Radbourne - 59 wins (single season)
9. Grover Alexander - 16 shutouts (single season)
10. Rickey Henderson - 130 stolen bases (single season)
11. Rickey Henderson - 1406 stolen bases
12. Ty Cobb - 54 stolen bases of home plate
13. Sam Crawford - 309 triples
14. Sam Crawford - 51 inside the park home runs
15. Honus Wagner - 5 inside the park grand slams
16. Pete Rose - 4256 hits
17. Pete Rose - 3215 singles
18. Joe DiMaggio - 56 game hitting streak
19. Hank Aaron - 6856 total bases
20. Cal Ripken Jr. - 2632 consecutive games
21. Johnny Vander Meer - 2 consecutive no-hitters (possibly tied, but not breakable)
22. Fernando Tatis - 2 grand slams in one inning (possibly tied, but not breakable)
Record of futility I'm sure no one wants to set -
23. Anthony Young - 27 consecutive losses between wins
Edit - Upon consideration, I now am in agreement with Chipmaker. The complete game record. To surpass the 749, think about this: 30 CG's a season (in 32-35 starts) for a 25 year career. Impossible to touch.
2007-08-03 18:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by Now I'm Wondering 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Ditto to those above... and the Ironman's consecutive playing streak in baseball. Tejada was the closest and he only had about half of the games needed and he has been playing a long time.
2007-08-03 18:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by G J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cy Young's 511 wins. With five-man rotations and pitching specialists, I doubt there will be many 300-game winners.
2007-08-03 18:11:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Michael Jordans 6 NBA Finals MVP awards
Cal Ripkens consecutive games played record
Alex Rodriguez' 850 career home runs
Pete Roses 4,256 hits
Ty cobbs' career .366 batting avg.
Cy Young's 511 career wins
Wilt Chamberlain ( almost all of his)
2007-08-03 18:28:21 · answer #5 · answered by ghulk81 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, I realize the cheap seats always go for the kneejerk, overhyped marks. And most of them are not wrong -- they are unassailable. But the MOST unassailable (if that makes sense) is either Young's 749 complete games, or Ryan's 2795 walks. No one is ever going to come remotely near either one, although for different reasons.
2007-08-03 18:38:39 · answer #6 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
NFL-George Blanda's 26 years in the league
MLB-Cy Young's 511
NBA-Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in a game
NASCAR-Richard Petty's 200 wins
2007-08-03 18:15:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Cy Youngs wins is untochable but his innings pitched is even more untouchable. It's 7449 or someting like that. Way, way way ahead of anyone.
2007-08-03 18:44:14 · answer #8 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1. Cy Young's 511 wins
2007-08-03 19:42:47 · answer #9 · answered by sum1 w/ @n @nsw3r 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think almost ALL starting pitching records are safe.-Since starters very rarely finish games or even pitch deep into the game because of pitch counts. 300 game winners are a thing of the past-- I don't think Randy Johnson will even make it though I hope he does.
2007-08-03 19:06:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋