Prime Nine's most unbreakable records

How much do you agree with this list?

I would make some changes, personally.

9. Gagne 84 straight saves
8. Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
7. Pete Rose career hits
6. Hack Wilson's single season RBI's
5. Nolan Ryan's career strike outs
4. Rickey Henderson's career stolen bases
3. Yankees five world series titles in a row
2. Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak
1. Cy Young's 511 wins

there are other less popular records, especially some of the records that Cy Young set, Babe Ruth's combination batting and pitching records.

but as far as popular or well known records.

Joey D should have a higher hit streak ranking.

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Originally Posted by yanks26

Joey D should have a higher hit streak ranking.

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i think career hits will be broken before the hit streak will be broken, i agree.

#1 should be #1

Nolan Ryan's career no-hitters would be one I'd add.

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Originally Posted by filihok

#1 should be #1

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agree with the top 2 def!

I think 6,5,4 are too high, especially 4, I would put 8 ahead of all of them

I can see number 6 being broken

I don't know if it counts as "well-known", but one omission that I picked up on immediately was Barry Bonds' 120 IBB in a season. His career record is silly, too, but it might be broken - Albert Pujols still has a long, fine career ahead of him, and the career numbers he's posted so far are intense.

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Originally Posted by oriole^

I don't know if it counts as "well-known", but one omission that I picked up on immediately was Barry Bonds' 120 IBB in a season. His career record is silly, too, but it might be broken - Albert Pujols still has a long, fine career ahead of him, and the career numbers he's posted so far are intense.

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I didn't think of that one.

There are a lot of little records like this that you will just never see broken.

i don't believe there is such a thing as an unbreakable record

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Originally Posted by Wassit3

i don't believe there is such a thing as an unbreakable record

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Cy Young's complete game record?

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Cy Young's complete game record?

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Yeah, there are once in a lifetime players...Young is more than that even allowing for the era.

Johnny Vander Meer:

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Vander Meer is the only pitcher in major league history to pitch no-hitters in two consecutive starts

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A lot of those older pitching records (ex. Cy Young)
Mostly the CGs though, pitchers don't even have a chance to break that.

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Originally Posted by President

I think 6,5,4 are too high, especially 4, I would put 8 ahead of all of them

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uhh, have you seen the SB career leader board? It's pretty ridiculous just how bad Rickey Henderson destroyed his competition.

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Do the math -- that's averaging 70 steals a year for 20 years, and even if the game returns to a more speed-oriented one, 1,406 doesn't seem remotely possible. And for the record, Henderson's steal total is 468 (or 66 percent) more than second-place Lou Brock's total -- truly remarkable.

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Usually with big base stealers you see a large drop off when you compare their pre and post 30 year old seasons, but not so much with Rickey Henderson (He leads both leader boards, btw).

The stolen base record is going to be a very tough one to break.

bumping this thread because they are doing this one again

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Cy Young's complete game record?

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I'd put that one #1 if it meats the cutoff for "popular or well-known records".

Hack's RBI record stands out as one that doesn't belong on the list

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Originally Posted by etothep

Hack's RBI record stands out as one that doesn't belong on the list

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and the career hits record as well.

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Originally Posted by filihok

#1 should be #1

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It should go 1 higher too.....

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Originally Posted by acetoolguy

It should go 1 higher too.....

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good call nigel

Of those 9 records, Young's record is the only one that I would be very surprised to see broken. After that, maybe Henderson's stolen base record. The rest are breakable within the context of the game as it is currently played. Ryan's strikeout mark might have been challenged if Johnson had come up at the age of 20 instead of 26 (5 extra seasons of 200 strikeouts). Dimaggio's hitting streak will be challenged and broken eventually, by some hitter hitting .400 for a couple of months and getting lucky at the same time.

Unless the game has changed in such a way to make a particular feat essentially impossible, then the record remains to be broken.

I think David Nied could break Cy Youngs record..sorry. Just got finished readying that thread. lol