20 baseball records that will never be broken....

[P_Manning 18]

bryce harper will break 3 or 4 of these

He hasn't already?

 

[ChasHawk]

The only one that I think is possible is the Tatis 2 grand slams in one inning, just because it's a one time thing, not a record over the course of a season or career.

But to break it someone would have to hit 3... thats a long inning.

that should be #1 just to get 3 ab's in one inning much less with the base's loaded then hit 3 home runs. not going to happen.
as far as those pitching records before 1925...well i do not count them. they are a JOKE!!!!! they are sooooooo inflated it is not funny. the balls were like rocks the bats were like sticks the gloves sucked and so did 90% of the hitting. hell i would prob have been a pitching icon at the turn of the last century.
Hack Wilson's 191 RBI Season is not even on the list

might wanna re-think your timeline a bit here. you do realize this was the same time that Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner & Joe Jackson were routinely hitting above .400, right?

Also, baseball records are ALWAYS discussed relative to the modern era, which is 1901 and beyond.

And sorry Mac, but very few people still care about/acknowledge McGwire's record.

 

[henderson939]

The only one that I think is possible is the Tatis 2 grand slams in one inning, just because it's a one time thing, not a record over the course of a season or career.

But to break it someone would have to hit 3... thats a long inning.

that should be #1 just to get 3 ab's in one inning much less with the base's loaded then hit 3 home runs. not going to happen.
as far as those pitching records before 1925...well i do not count them. they are a JOKE!!!!! they are sooooooo inflated it is not funny. the balls were like rocks the bats were like sticks the gloves sucked and so did 90% of the hitting. hell i would prob have been a pitching icon at the turn of the last century.
Hack Wilson's 191 RBI Season is not even on the list

might wanna re-think your timeline a bit here. you do realize this was the same time that Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner & Joe Jackson were routinely hitting above .400, right?

Also, baseball records are ALWAYS discussed relative to the modern era, which is 1901 and beyond.

And sorry Mac, but very few people still care about/acknowledge McGwire's record.

You my friend are on a roll. Keep up the great posts. Watch any roadshow lately? :lol:

 

[leatherman]

Pete Rose's 14,053 ABs will never be broken. 2nd place is Hank Aaron's 12,364.

A player would have to AVERAGE 700 ABs a year for 20 years to approach it, and only four players have ever had 700 ABs in a season (each did it exactly once). Ichiro, who has led the AL in ABs for 7 of his 10 complete seasons, still hasn't reached 7000 career ABs (less than half the record) in his 11th season (he needs 56 more right now). He will have to continue on his current pace until he is 48 to get to 14000.

 

[Erich]

A couple of those pitchind records will NEVER be broken. The way pitchers are treated now days.

 

[thefatguy]

There will probably never be a 30 (or more) game winner in a season.

 

[WoundedDuck]

Great thread topic and very interesting discussion! I'm loving all the additions. Baseball, much more than any other sport, is a game where we love to analyze/treasure the stats and history. No matter how much you know, there's always more to learn.

-insert commentary about those being a ****** for no good reason- I don't feel like coming up with something eloquent. Agree or disagree but just enjoy the thread for what it is sometimes.

 

[JoshHamilton]

5. Jack Chesbro's 41 victories in a single season for the New York Highlanders in 1904: With five-man rotations in place, today's pitchers don't even make that many starts.

Radbourne had 59 in 1884

Stellar research by whatever moron made this list

n 1884 they pitched underhand from 45 feet away and without a glove and Im sure he pitched almost every game, very similar to present day Softball, more than modern baseball

1. He pitched three quarters and overhand, not underhand

2. In 1884 the mound was 50 feet away, not 45

3. They played with gloves. Primitive finglerless gloves, but gloves nonetheless.

4. Similar to softball? There isn't a single baseball player today who could last an entire 1880's season

Good job doing zero research before posting, though

 

[Big Mac McGwire]

And sorry Mac, but very few people still care about/acknowledge McGwire's record.

Just because you know deep inside your Jerry Curl PC Player was not A true , era dominating player does not mean you can dispariage the achievements of someone else's player :lol:

 

[nosterbor]

The only one that I think is possible is the Tatis 2 grand slams in one inning, just because it's a one time thing, not a record over the course of a season or career.

But to break it someone would have to hit 3... thats a long inning.

that should be #1 just to get 3 ab's in one inning much less with the base's loaded then hit 3 home runs. not going to happen.
as far as those pitching records before 1925...well i do not count them. they are a JOKE!!!!! they are sooooooo inflated it is not funny. the balls were like rocks the bats were like sticks the gloves sucked and so did 90% of the hitting. hell i would prob have been a pitching icon at the turn of the last century.
Hack Wilson's 191 RBI Season is not even on the list

might wanna re-think your timeline a bit here. you do realize this was the same time that Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner & Joe Jackson were routinely hitting above .400, right?

Also, baseball records are ALWAYS discussed relative to the modern era, which is 1901 and beyond.

And sorry Mac, but very few people still care about/acknowledge McGwire's record.

You my friend are on a roll. Keep up the great posts. Watch any roadshow lately? :lol:

Na i work tooooo much

 

[schillingfan]

If we're going by records in the modern era, which pretty much everyone does, I'm not sure that anyone will break Schilling's K:BB ratio.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/strikeouts_per_base_on_balls_career.shtml

 

[tramers]

the bloody sock reply :lol: :lol:

 

[nborton]

Verlander came close to getting Vander Meer's record.

 

[Ryan The Orange]

Verlander came close to getting Vander Meer's record.

As did Buehrle.

 

[nborton]

Verlander came close to getting Vander Meer's record.

As did Buehrle.

Yep, which is why I think eventually someone will at least tie it, and share the record. Broken is another story though.

 

[ChasHawk]

Mac - give it up bud. He was a one-dimensional player that wouldn't have even had that one dimension if not for (admitted) roiding.

Facts is facts *****, sorry.

Also someone coming close to pitching two no-hitters in a row is a FAR cry
from someone actually doing it, let alone pitching 3 to break the record.

Henderson -

 

[PeteD]

I think most of us agree that some of those records where set during a time when rules (and conditions), were basically a tad higher than a sand-lot game.

The cut off for me would be when they finally let non-white players into MLB. That would work for everyone, except those talented players that were denied a chance to show their greatness.

 

[ChasHawk]

I think most of us agree that some of those records where set during a time when rules (and conditions), were basically a tad higher than a sand-lot game.

The cut off for me would be when they finally let non-white players into MLB. That would work for everyone, except those talented players that were denied a chance to show their greatness.

while I agree with the sentiment here, this comment shows a serious lack of knowledge about the history of the game.

You realize you're talking about the era of most of the greatest players/HOFers of all-time, right?

Cobb, Jackson, Ruth, Matthewson, Wagner, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Hornsby, Johnson

 

[PeteD]

Yeah...guess we can push it back a tad

 

[Big Mac McGwire]

Mac - give it up bud. He was a one-dimensional player that wouldn't have even had that one dimension if not for (admitted) roiding.

Facts is facts *****, sorry.

Also someone coming close to pitching two no-hitters in a row is a FAR cry
from someone actually doing it, let alone pitching 3 to break the record.

Henderson -

McGwire was a HR hitter. One aspect to his game , I'm not denying that. Hall of fame career, no I always admit that.

But you can not disagree that the HOF has been watered down with guys like Dawson who were not DOMINATING players of their era. That's what I think IMO makes you a HOF'r. Andre Dawson did not dominate his era nor was he the best at his position
He hit over 30 HR's 2x and had 4 100+ RBI seasons.
Good? Yes, Very good Ehh,
but Hall of Famer, no sir.