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| 56 Game Hitting Streak |
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3 | 13.64% |
| .400 AVG |
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0 | 0% |
| 4,256 Career Hits |
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5 | 22.73% |
| 30 Wins |
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2 | 9.09% |
| 2,632 Consecutive Games Played |
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6 | 27.27% |
| 59 Scoreless Innings |
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3 | 13.64% |
| 191 RBIs In A Season |
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0 | 0% |
| 1.12 ERA |
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1 | 4.55% |
| 130 Stolen Bases |
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2 | 9.09% |
| 383 Stikeouts |
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0 | 0% |
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Second City Saint
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Baseball's top 10 'records' ... without the home runs
Taken from Jason Stark's article on ESPN.com
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continental drift
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That's really tough. Albert Pujols will probably break them all though.
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Didn't someone throw two consecutive no hitters? If that counts as a record then I'd say Ripken's record will take the longest to break
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Hershiser's 59 scoreless innings. That's more than six complete game shutouts in a row!
-EDIT- I originally typed "almost seven," then changed my mind and thought that "more than six" was more impressive. But I forgot to change the "seven" to a "six" and wound up looking like a mathematical retard. My second grade (or whatever year it is you learn the multiplication tables) teacher must be so proud. Last edited by loopydate; 05-30-2006 at 11:08 PM. |
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Second City Saint
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I went with the 1.12 ERA. The stronger the hitters get, the higher the average ERA in the league.
1.12 is just too fucking impressive. |
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Note to self: Once you change your mind about the wording of a post, proofread it to make sure that it is still true.
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Outside of hitting .400 they are all pretty ridiculous, I really can't see anyone ever winning 30 games ever again though.
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The People's Member
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A lot of those will be hard to break, I mean 130 steals, the 56 game streak and the 59 scoreless innings will be really hard to break, but Cal Ripkins seems untouchable to me. I mean it spans over such a long period of time, and the concept of not randomly taking a meaningless game off in all that time is mind boggling. I can't see that ever happening, murphy's law would have to hit sometime.
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Mas Vagina Porfavor
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I also went with Ripken's record cause today players are put on the DL for just about anything, and a lot of players get days off almost each week.
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They were back then too, Ripken was just an exception. Just like today we have guys like Tejada and Pierre who are going to play 162 unless they break a leg or something
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Rose's hit record simply because I don't see anyone ever achieving his longevity. He had 14,000 career at bats. To put that in perspective, Craig Biggio is 39 and is playing in his 19th major league season. He just got his 10000th AB two days ago.
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Yeah I don't think it'll happen anytime soon, but I can see Ripkens record being broken at some point.
Oh yeah, not to be an asshole but the record isn't .400, it is a lot higher than that. Hugh Duffy hit .440 in 1894 haha |
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I think he meant just hitting .400 in general, not the all-time single season BA record
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Ah, for some reason I was thinking every other option other than that one was some type of record held by someone. Now I realize 30 wins is actaully not the record for most wins in one season and now that I think about it I don't know if 130 steals is the record or not either.
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Ryan Freel will break the stolen base record in 2 years.
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The People's Member
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Then Darren Spahn will break it again the next year
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The games played streak. It takes more than a great season to break it, unlike the other catergories.
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Career hits.
Like Boomer and Hero's thinking. With hits however, you actually have to do something, the games played has that 'cheat factor', whereas you could play an inning or two and come out. |
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I believe you have to play at least five innings
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Orel's shut out streak is the least likely IMO
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I'd be impressed if Ripken started and played 9 innings in 2,100 games or however many it was. But in reality he had several "off-days" but he cheaply entered the game just to keep it going. I can't appreciate a guy who values himself over the team, which Ripken clearly did in the latter stages when he was played when he shouldn't have been.
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I was gonna go with 30 wins but it's the kind of thing that can happen on a fluke. I went with Rose's record because it requires both longevity and consistancy that I doubt we'll see again. Consecutive games played is pretty rough too, but Matsui was fairly close, and Miguel Tejada is going pretty strong.
I believe someone like Ichiro could hit .400. Bonds probably could have pulled it off a couple years back but he only cares about the long ball. Still, the guy hit friggin .370. Imagine if he tried to hit to the opposite field every now and then. The 56 hit streak is pretty tough but I feel like someone could get lucky and pull it off. Someone like Rivera or another lights out closer type of guy could put up 56 scoreless innings, though for a closer that's more than half a season giving up no runs. Ehhh, I kind of doubt it now that I think about it. The 1.12 ERA probably won't be touched either. Clemens was lights out last year and he still posted a 1.87. 1.12 ERA is like allowing 40 runs all year long or something ridiculous. No way that's gonna be touched. 191 RBI's is pretty tough, even with stacked offenses like the Yankees, Red Sox or Indians. 130 SB... nobody runs that much anymore. I bet if someone like Podsednik or Crawford ran 170 times a season or so they could beat it, but why take so many risks? That's runing basically every time you get on base. 383 K's is possible I think. Johnson was within 11 K's, thats about one start for him going by his career K/9. Some other uber pitcher could come along and break it possibly. In the end, above all the others, I'll stick with Pete Rose. |
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I would say Pete Rose's record may be a tougher record than the consecutive games played. Neither will be easy to break.
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Yeah 5 inning rule only goes for starting pitchers to get the win.
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Can't really see a starting pitcher getting 30 wins in a season. 30 vulture wins would be possible but i dunno...meh, i'm thinking Hershiser's innings now :\
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Isn't Brandon Webb at 28 consecutive or something like that?
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Yeah, 28.
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Yeah, was just about to say that, but I dont wanna jinx it.
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Well done Joey
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lol the run scored on a GIDP with a guy on third. Cheap way to end it
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Ryan Howard just homered. Nevermind
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Yeah, Howard hit one over the wall in left right after.
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Left right? So center then?
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Thats what I said, obviously.
Rollins scores again. 3-3 |
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