Which Baseball Record Will Never Be Broken?

[Offcell]

In commemoration of my passing of Hank Aaron's home run record, I offer you this poll, which of the listed career records do you think will never, ever, ever, ever, be broken or be even close to being broken? My vote goes to Cy Young, I dont even think that any pitchers, after the couple that are still active do it, will break 300 wins let alone 511.

In regards to my record break I admit to using performance enhancing substances, of which I directly injected into my fingers throughout the course of my career. And as for my next record breaking attempt, will lets just say all of those people on the list should watch their back.


Edit - *still active

[atreyu_2020]

2 straight no hitter games.

[Keenan]

Cy Young has 749 complete games. That record will never be touched..........ever.

[gatorpatric0]

Cy Young's win record will never be touched.
Cal Ripken Jr's consecutive games played in unlikely to be broken in my book as well.

You forgot Dimaggio's hit streak.

[Regit]

yo Offcell, you played in the MLB? Which team did you play for?

[Shymega]

Some of the best strikeout pitchers of all time are still more than 1,000 strikeouts behind Nolan Ryan(2nd place is Clemens, about 1100 behind him). In this day and age, that record will never be broken. It's rare nowadays to see double digit strikeout games(maybe 3 times a week if you're lucky).

Cy Young's wins will never be touched either.

[gatorpatric0]

yo Offcell, you played in the MLB? Which team did you play for?

Im pretty sure he was implying that He is Barry Bonds.

In terms on the Wins record (held by Cy Young), i've heard many analysts saying that there should be a seperate category for the modern era, because the game back when Cy Young played was a different game compared to todays. If baseball was broken up into Modern era, then Warren Spahn is the all time wins leader and if Roger Clemens plays a full year next year, he has a great chance of passing him (As does Greg Maddux if he plays a few more years).

[Devastation]

Cy Young's record will never be touched. That said, gatorpatric0 is right.

Cy Young played in what was called the "dead ball era", in which the same baseball was used for the entire game (unless some fan stole it). The ball did not have as much bounce as it does now, fields did not have the maintenance that they do today (many outfielders had to watch for potholes when fielding flys), plus, the pitchers were able to do almost anything they wanted to do to the ball.

By the time a game was over, the ball was usually unrecognizable.

This created an unbelievable pitcher's advantage, and is why Cy Young also holds the complete games record. Since hits were so hard to come by back then, most pitchers were expected to go the distance every time they went out there, usually in a three or four man rotation, unlike today's standard five.

Finally, beginning midway through the Babe Ruth era, baseballs were manufactured differently, adding a small rubber core for extra bounce. Numerous balls were used for games, and pitchers were no longer able to deface the ball any damn way they pleased. Fields had better maintenance, and all this took away from the pitcher's advantage, creating the game that we now enjoy today.

[Mr. Heskey]

they'll all be broken sooner or later because everyone uses juice.



except cal's 2000-some-odd straight game streak.

[chengy]

I think that consecutive games streak can be broken easier then the other accomplishments and may be broken by someone in the national league. When you can get games counted as a PH and a defensive substitution it shouldn't take a lot out of you...

Wins are hard to get nowadays. To get to 300 wins you need 15 X 20 win seasons. 500 would take 25 seasons and Clemens isn't even close to that mark.

[bobtheflob]

I've heard statisticians say that DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak is statistically the toughest record to beat. This doesn't take Cy Young's wins into account because, as has been mentioned, the game has changed so much.

[poopchow]

Ok the wins record will never be broken, but thats just the reality of the game. 5 man rotation wont allow that.

Ill say cal's record would be hardest simply due to the luck you have to have to play that long.

after that i think its the K record then the 56 streak

[GALLIENVS AVG]

Cal Ripken, Jr's consecutive games record. Think about it: for all those games, you can not have an important family event (birth, death... unless you're going to be an ass and not be there:) ) or even slightly injure yourself that you would have to miss a game. That is really tough to beat.

[YankeesSuck]

I thought Miguel Tejada might get close to Cal. But he got hurt.

[Offcell]

yo Offcell, you played in the MLB? Which team did you play for?

I played for the Ebaumsworld Forumers.

And yea my bad on totally forgetting DiMaggio's hit streak.

[CheeseMonkeys]

The win record I don't see getting beaten any time soon...

[snyderman]

Orel Hersheisers 59 consecutive scoreless innings.

[sprak_]

Dead ball era records shouldn't even count anymore, lol. We may never see a 300 win pitcher again, 500+ is literally impossible. 749 complete games has no chance of ever being touched. The active leader, Clemens, has 118 complete games.

All the other records will be extremely difficult to beat, but not impossible. Consecutive games played gets my vote.

[PhyuckYu]

Starting pitching has made such a dramatic change that I can't see one of Ryan's records getting broken.

Today, dominant numbers for a SP are 20 wins and 250 Ks. Shit, that's even more than dominant; last year ZERO pitchers had 20 wins, and only ONE pitcher had more than 202 Ks (Santana had an impressive 245). So, assuming that a pitcher manages to stay at these incredible rates, he'd have to pitch...

511 Wins divided by 20 Wins/yr = 25.5 years
5714 Ks divided by 250 Ks/yr = 23 years

Sorry; not a big candidate for either one. It's becoming more and more of a hitter's game, and the bullpen keeps playing an increasingly larger role in games. You just simply won't see another SP like Nolan Ryan.

[AsHopeDies]

Obviously, there are a few on there that will probably never be matched. My vote goes to the stolen bases though, people don't even really do that anymore.

[Krippled By Kush]

It would take a superhero to beat cals. That record is flat out nuts.