What is the most unbreakable record in baseball and why?
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Both Dimaggios and Ripkins records should and will both stand the test of time as unsurmountable records. But if I have to give the nod to one over the other I will go with Dimaggios since it has already endured for so long.
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Baseball Reference says Walt Dropo of the '52 Tigers, with 12.\n\nTed Williams has the record for most consecutive times on base, with 16 in '57.
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When Babe Ruth retired with 714 HRs, no one else had even 400.  They said no one will ever break Babe Ruth's HR record.\n\nIn the 1960s, one baseball book stated that Ty Cobb's record of 892 stolen bases "is not likely to be broken" (Lou Brock was then in his rookie season.\n\nAbout 1972 or 73, Baseball Digest ran an article stating that 3,000 strikeouts is the "toughest mark for pitchers"... At that time, only Walter Johnson had reached that plateau, and the article stated that Bob Gibson was the only (then) active player with a shot at 3,000 Ks... Jim Bunning was, at the time, 2nd on the all time list with just over 2,800 Ks...  Turns out that NINE pitchers who were then active later cleared 3,000 Ks... Three other pitchers who had not started their careers at that time also cleared 3,000, those being Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux.\n\nIn the Sept 1972 Baseball Digest, an article stated that Roberto Clemente will perhaps be the last player in history to accumulate 3,000 hits (Clemente was the 11th player to do so)... I can't even count how many guys have done that since then... (EDIT: I just looked it up...there are now TWENTY SIX members of the 3,000 hit club... more than double the amount of members in that club back in 1972).\n\nSo no, Glavine will not be the last 300 game winner... it may or may not become more rare, but it will be done again.  Don't ask by whom...
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Has to be Sandy Koufax.  0.95 ERA in four World Series!
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he shouldn't be declared as a record breaker.\nthe guy was on steroids, that's cheating.\n\nDEREK JETER ROCKS!
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Man, you answered your own question, by saying: "... How many guys actually shoot for this record? Most don't care."\n\nBy that yardstick alone, Cal's record of 3,198+ consecutive games played is EXTRAORDINARY!  If no one else cares, and this outstanding player, who did it everyday in the same Oriole uniform, at that--did do it, then isn't that one he11 of an acomplishment?  \n\nOf the three former players eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame this next year, i.e., Ripken, Mark McGwire, and lovable Mr. Tony Gwinn, Cal is the most dominant, the most durable, and yes, the most reliable of the three, and dang well better be inducted on the first ballot, or there is something wrong 'round here.
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Oakland hit 14 in 2000  AL record\n\n\nSt.louis hit 12 in 2000   NL record
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This is Craig Biggio's 19th year with Astros.  He is the current player with longest streak.\n\nDon't know if he is the one in history though.
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I know the A's have the AL record from 4 or 5 years ago when they won 20 straignt.  I believe the New York Giants hold the overall record with 25-30 way back in the day.
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It wasn't the record for consecutive hits. It was the record for most games with at least one hit. And it was 1941.
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Since you asked for the "LA Dodger" record, that would be Willie Davis, with 2,091. Bill Russell had 1,926. If you include the  Brooklyn years, the all-time Dodger record is held by Zach Wheat, with 2,804. (Wheat never played in LA).
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How many spitballs did Walter Johnson throw? How about calling that a performance enhanced baseball? \n\nHow many corked bats did Ty Cobb have? \nHow many baseballs did Whitey Ford scuff? \nHow much did Babe Ruth's bat weigh? \nWell what about Josh Gibson not receiving credit for any of his home runs? \nHow about Pete Rose not being in "THE HALL" for his hits record and may not have even gambled during his playing days? \n\nAll I can say is that LIFE iS NOT FAIR. Baseball has always had cheaters in one respect or another and a record is a record.
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Pete Rose, with 4256 hits.\n\nand if we are lucky, never to be in the hall of fame
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Largest comeback in Yankees' history (4th time back from 9 runs down)\n2-Run walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs (Drama)\nHighest scoring game at Yankee Stadium (Football included) won by only 1 run/point.\nThe only person who shouldn't is Chacón (8 ER over 1 1/3 innings)\nThe only better game I can remember watching was July 1st, 2004 when NY beat Boston 5-4 in 13 innings (Jeter dives into the stands, Flahrety with the game-winning double)
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I would have to say the ball Barry Bonds hits when he breaks Aaron's record. Although I'm not sure the bidding will go as much as it went for Mcgwire's ball, which was 2.2 mill or 3 mill I can't remember. The last Bonds ball only sold for 500k\nSo it depends.
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The Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest recorded home run at 634 feet by Yankee great Mickey Mantle on Sept. 10, 1960, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Many dispute the record as myth or claim that the ball actually landed and rolled to its resting point 634 feet away from home plate.
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Definitely. Baseball has been around a long time, and every record ever set has to be placed in the context of its era, but this is the first time a large number of statistics are called into question because of behavior that was banned shortly thereafter. People will forever assume that everyone who hit more than 60 homers since Roger Maris, did so with the help of chemistry, not just natural strength, hand-eye coordination and hard work.