What Major League Baseball record is least likely to be broken?
I would venture that Cy Young's wins record will never be even approached.
2007-06-08T15:39:02Z
To wanttorunem: The most losses in a single season the KC Royals have ever had was 106 in 2005. The Detroit Tigers lost 109 in 1996 and 119 in 2003
To all: I forgot about Complete Games. Roger Clemens is the leader on the active list but he is only 232nd on the all time list. Cy Young has 749. He was pitching most of every game, he only failed to finish 66 games. He was also pitching every other day or every third day. The American League lead last year for CG was 6 by C.C. Sabathia
Craig S2007-06-08T15:26:23Z
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Since you took Cy Young, I'll pick another.
Because of the design of today's parks, I'd venture that Sam Crawford's 309 career triples won't be beaten. Only 2 players have hit 20+ in a season over the last two decades, and the highest active player on the all-time list is Steve Finley in 90th place. Today's game also favors power over speed, even for some of the faster players, and players just don't have those deep alleys.
Carl Crawford has a chance to someday break the top 15, but I can't see anyone coming close to Sam's record. Too many factors working against them, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
Great answers you have gotten so far I say. If I may use some previous answers, and some others, I'll give a rundown of a few records that I think are solid.
Records I'm almost positive that will never be broken (no particular order) - 1. Cy Young - 511 wins (Good luck even passing Walter Johnson's 2nd place 417) 2. Cy Young - 316 losses 3. Cy Young - 749 complete games 4. Walter Johnson - 110 shutouts 5. Nolan Ryan - 7 no-hitters 6. Nolan Ryan - 5714 strikeouts 7. Nolan Ryan - 383 strikeouts (single season) 8. Ed Walsh - 464 innings pitched (single season) 9. Charles Radbourne - 59 wins (single season) 10. Grover Alexander - 16 shutouts (single season) 11. Rickey Henderson - 130 stolen bases (single season) 12. Rickey Henderson - 1406 stolen bases 13. Ty Cobb - 54 stolen bases of home plate 14. Sam Crawford - 309 triples 15. Sam Crawford - 51 inside the park home runs 16. Honus Wagner - 5 inside the park grand slams 17. Pete Rose - 4256 hits 18. Pete Rose - 3215 singles 19. Joe DiMaggio - 56 game hitting streak 20. Hank Aaron - 6856 total bases 21. Cal Ripken Jr. - 2632 consecutive games
Record of futility I'm sure no one wants to set - 22. Anthony Young - 27 consecutive losses between wins
i think if baseball continues on the road/path it is on right now you will not see many if any records broke for a very long time, these athletes wont play long enough, they make way to much money and injuries are at an all time high. but if i had to choose a couple records that wont be broken ever !!!!!!!!!! i would agree with you about Cy Young wins record, Pete Rose hits record, Ricky Henderson steals record, and Cal Ripkens consecutive games played .