Baseball Feats

[cj's dad]

that will not be topped anytime soon:

1- Cy Young- 511 wins
2- Cy young-316 losses
3- Ted Williams - .406 BA
4-1971 Baltimore Orioles- 4 Twenty game winners
5- Maris' 61 HR's "drug free"
6- Cal Ripkens 2131 streak
7- Marichal vs Spahn - 15 scoreless innings
8- Pete Rose - singles-3215
9-Hack Wilson - RBI-191
10- DiMaggio- hitting streak-56 games

[Overlay]

I would nominate Orel Hershiser's 59 consecutive scoreless innings.

[Marshall Bennett]

Nolan Ryan's strikeout total. Safe by a mile.
Astros and Twins each had 3 pitchers throw over 200 strikeouts in a single season. Twins in 67 and Astros in 69. These are safe as well.
Harvey Haddix's 12 perfect innings is most likely safe. I don't see any manager risking a starter these days 12 innings for any reason.
Records revolving around complete games and innings pitched are safe, perhaps shutouts as well.

[JustRalph]

The 4 twenty game winners would be amazing in this day and age.

[CincyHorseplayer]

ohnny Van Der Meer's back to back no hitters.

[Robert Goren]

Ty Cobb's record of stealing home 54 times during his career. is about as safe it gets. In fact Max Carey's NL record of 33 steals of home is pretty safe too.

[TheEdge07]

Ricky Henderson stolen bases in one year..safe

[Rise Over Run]

Tippy Martinez - three base runners picked off in one inning.

[JustRalph]

Ricky Henderson stolen bases in one year..safe

His penchant for not cashing pay checks and not being aware of "interest paid on deposits" is even more safe

[thaskalos]

McLain's 31 wins in a season.

Ryan's 7 career no-hitters.

Ichiro's 262 hits in a season.

[CincyHorseplayer]

Ricky Henderson stolen bases in one year..safe

We've got a kid in Cincinnati who might if he can OBP his way into the opportunity.Billy Hamilton had 155 SB in 2012 in 132 games.

[jballscalls]

One thing I can't imagine happening again is what Fernando Tatis did April 23,1999 when he hit two Grand Slams in one inning!!

I had Pete Rose on my radio show once and asked him if he thought anyone could break DiMaggio's hit streak (Pete had a 44 gamer once) and he replied "Absolutely, all it takes is for a guy to get hot for a month and three quarters" LOL

Funny side Pete Rose story. Pete, the RD equibase guy (Pete's best friend) and me were playing the races after River's card was over in the OTB area. Sitting there and Pete gets a text from A-Rod saying "Pete I'm 0 for my last 14, got any advice?" Pete showed us the message and then began to text A-Rod back. I asked him "what did you tell him?" and Pete quickly replied "I told him 'I don't know what to tell you Alex, I never went 0 for 14"

[ManU918]

Bob Feller 36 complete games (1946).

[Marshall Bennett]

Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger hitting 2 grand slams in a game, 1966.

[fiveouttasix]

Fernando Tatis...hit 2 Grand Slams in 1 inning
probably less likely to be broken is Chan Ho Park giving up 2 Grand Slams in one inning.

[Marshall Bennett]

Was referring to Cloninger as being a pitcher that hit the slams. I would imagine this to be even more safe since half the MLB pitchers don't even bat anymore.

[Johnny V]

It has been a very long time since we have had a Triple Crown winner in the NL since Ducky Medwick in 1937. We have had 6 TC winners since then, all in the AL, the latest in 2012. That feat seems particularly much harder to achieve in the NL.

[JustRalph]

Bob Feller 36 complete games (1946).

He loved to remind people of this. He was very outspoken about pitchers being baby's in today's world.

He also was a handful when it came to race relations........ :lol:

[Stillriledup]

The game has changed so much in the last 100 years that any of those records from yesteryear have to be taken on a "curve". The competition is much, much better, so its not fair to hold it against someone for not being able to hit .406 or have a 56 game hit streak.

There are some streaks in the modern game that might be more impressive in context than some of these "records" from 50 and 100 years ago.

[Marshall Bennett]

Bob Gibson's 1.12 ERA. They lowered the mound the following year. I would consider this a "modern day" record that is relatively safe.

[aardvark]

Most of the pitching records (K's and wins in a season, wins in a career, multiple 20-game winners on the same staff) don't have a chance to be broken thanks to the 5-man rotation.