Baseball's top 10 'records' ... without the home runs

[Joey Slugs]

Taken from Jason Stark's article on ESPN.com
(Poll: What is the record LEAST likely to be broken?)

Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak - 56 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: 65 years (1941) CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 44 games, by Pete Rose in 1978

.400 batting average HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: Since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941 CLOSEST CALL SINCE: .394, by Tony Gwynn in 1994

Pete Rose's career hit total - 4,256 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: 20 years (1986) CLOSEST CALL SINCE: Paul Molitor got to 3,319 (937 away) before retiring in 1998.

30 wins HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: Since Denny McLain won 31 in 1968 (38 years ago). CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 27, by Steve Carlton in 1972 and Bob Welch in 1990.

Cal Ripken's iron man streak - 2,632 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: Since Ripken pulled the plug on Sept. 20, 1998. CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 969 (thru May 29), by Miguel Tejada (just 10½ years to go), or 1,761* (5½ years away) if you count Hideki Matsui's multi-continent streak that just ended (the last 518 as a Yankee).

Orel Hershiser's scoreless innings streak - 59 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: 18 years CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 41, by Orioles reliever Gregg Olson over two seasons (1989-90), or 39 1/3 in a single season, by Greg Maddux (2000).

Hack Wilson's single-season RBI record - 191 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: 76 years CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 184, by Lou Gehrig in 1931, the year after Wilson did it. CLOSEST IN THE LAST HALF-CENTURY: 165, by Manny Ramirez in 1999

Bob Gibson's ERA in 1968 - 1.12 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: 38 years CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 1.53, by Dwight Gooden in 1985.

Rickey Henderson's single-season SB record - 130 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: 24 years (1982) CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 110, by Vince Coleman in 1985.

Nolan Ryan's single-season strikeout record - 383 HOW LONG IT'S STOOD: 33 years (1973) CLOSEST CALL SINCE: 372, by Randy Johnson in 2001