Secretariat- not only won the Triple Crown, but set records for each race that still stand today.
Jack's 18 Major wins.
Jack's 18 Major wins.
Unassailable sports records
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Ricky Henderson broke up 81 no hitters with a home run. Lead off hitter.
2,632 consecutive games - Ripken
511 Wins - Cy Young
1406 Stolen Bases - Rickie Henderson
762 Home Runs - Barry Bonds
I can't go with wins by a Pitcher in a season because they are crazy and all pre-1900.
Baseball has changed so much you won't see 300 game winners anymore and very few 500 HR guys.
511 Wins - Cy Young
1406 Stolen Bases - Rickie Henderson
762 Home Runs - Barry Bonds
I can't go with wins by a Pitcher in a season because they are crazy and all pre-1900.
Baseball has changed so much you won't see 300 game winners anymore and very few 500 HR guys.
Dimaggio's 56-game hit streak
Tiger's 144 straight cuts made (though, the no-cut events he participated in counted toward this)
Wilt's 100 points
Tiger's 144 straight cuts made (though, the no-cut events he participated in counted toward this)
Wilt's 100 points
The first two will never be broken. It’s just impossible in this age of mega contracts for teams to allow a big investment to play through the inevitable injuries that would come from playing in every game for over 16 years. And you have the rampant rumors that the Orioles resorted to trickery to keep Cal’s streak alive (see the Kevin Costner story).
The all time wins are right there too. Guys can’t get to 20 per season anymore, let alone doing that for 26 straight years!
I can see Bonds’ record falling in the future with all the emphasis on driving the ball and physical conditioning. There would need to be a lot of good injury luck for a player, but having the DH in both leagues helps with longevity at the plate.
Tiger would have passed Jack if he could have kept his head right and not tried to kill every tee shot
Bonds was a juicer. Hank Aaron should be reinstated by MLB as the HR all time leader.
Bobby Orr's plus-minus in 1970-71 +124 seems really untouchable
I would have beaten Muhammed Ali if I had been 6" taller and a lot faster and tougher than I was. And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.
The most 300 score games in Professional Bowling belongs to Parker Bohn III with 114 perfect games in his career. Why this is amazing is that the record for most perfect games in a season was 8 and that was set by Bohn in 1999. So on that average, it would take 15 straight years of having 8 perfect games each of those years to even break the record.
Plus having EVERY horse in this years Derby in his bloodline.
I wish I could have a retirement plan like SecretariatSo, Secretariat's sperm bank was really a major gold mine for his owner!!
The combined home run record for brothers in Major League Baseball is held by Hank and Tommie Aaron, who hit a total of 768 home runs. Hank Aaron hit 755, and Tommie Aaron hit 13.
Chief Wilson's 36 triples in 1912/Sam Crawford's 309 (or 312) career triples
Chief Wilson's 36 triples in 1912/Sam Crawford's 309 (or 312) career triples
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When I think of unbreakable records, it's definitely many of those old baseball records that are untouchable. Triples will never happen with the same frequency with today's stadium configurations. Anything involving durability with a pitcher is untouchable. Though it's unlikely to occur, I could see someone hitting in 56 straight games, someone scoring 100 points in an NBA game, a coach winning 409 games. But no one is touching Cy Young's 749 complete games or Bob Feller's 36 complete games in a season unless something completely changes with the way that baseball is played. The last two seasons, the MLB leader had 2.
To all those saying those records will never be broken, in my lifetime and I'm sure those on this board recall hearing for many, many years, that Lou Gehrig's 2,131 consecutive game streak was unassailable as well as Ty Cobb's 4,191 hits. Just sayin.
Right now, Dabo Swinney is ahead of the pace Joe set to get to 409 in terms of both age and years coaching and he has more games per year as well to assist him.
Right now, Dabo Swinney is ahead of the pace Joe set to get to 409 in terms of both age and years coaching and he has more games per year as well to assist him.
How about second place finishes in golf majors? Jack has 19. Mickelson next closest at 11.
I wonder if anyone can get Hack Wilson's 191 RBI's in a season. Man Ram and Sosa got to 165 and 160 respectively and were still miles away.
Again, I'd put it in the "really difficult to break" category...but the odds are much higher of someone catching lightning in a bottle and doing it than a pitcher throwing 749 complete games.
Babe Ruth said that record would never be broken. That record has stood for 90+ years and since the 30’s no one has come close.
Well I guess PSU is just going to need to start scheduling Clemson each year and beat there azzes!
If we are going down that road, the Bills' 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses will not be surpassed
Two things that I want to say in response to this post.
1) If Dabo averages 11 wins a season (possible, but not likely even in the weak down ACC), he would have to coach for another 21 years to break Joe's record. That would mean he has to coach until he is 76. That is possible, I will admit, but highly unlikely.
2) As a Yankee fan, I was not very happy when Ripken was in the process of breaking Lou Gehrig's record. What really bothered me back in the 90's was when the Orioles stated they would forfeit games if there was a strike just so Ripken could maintain his streak. Thankfully it didn't come to that.
The worst thing that could happen to Dabo and his pursuit of the record would be the ACC breaking up and Clemson joining the SEC or the Big Ten, both of which have been rumored. He doesn't come close to the record if he joins either of those conferences.
He has his late father to thank him for that. Let's hope he doesn't pass down the same stupidy to Charlie.
Easy one, Carter Starocci's 5 NCAA wrestling championships. Without another pandemic, it will never be tied, let alone broken.