Most unbreakable record in sports

[Grizalltheway]

Alright, we have the "hardest FCS record to break" thread, so I thought I'd create one for all major sports. My vote would be for Johnny Vander Meer's two consecutive no-hitters in June of 1938. xbowx xbowx
In this day and age in baseball when pitchers rarely even go 9 innings, I can't see this one being broken any time soon, if ever. Thoughts?

[UNHWildCats]

I suppose there could be an outside shot at someone coming along and getting back to back no no's, but Nolan Ryan's 7 career will never be touched.

[Cleets]

batting over .400 is going to be tough with 5 pitchers pitching in every game like we do now...

when you had one guy throw 9 innings almost every start it was possible - remember only 20 years ago (1987) most teams had over 50 complete games pitched on the season... (interesting) most teams now will have simply a handfull at best this year...

[Grizalltheway]

I suppose there could be an outside shot at someone coming along and getting back to back no no's, but Nolan Ryan's 7 career will never be touched.

Maybe, but I did say the most unbreakable, not the most tie-able, record in sports. xrulesx
So to break the record of two consecutive no-hitters, a pitcher would have to throw 3 of them in a row. Still think there's a chance? :p

[beerkat]

Cy Youngs career win total

Richard Petty's career win total

[patssle]

Michael Jordan's awesomeness. A fantastic player with a classy attitude. I hate the NBA now.

[bobcatfan06]

Cal Ripken Jr's consecutive games played streak.

[PantherRob82]

I'd agree with Ripkens consecutive games and the no hitter records.

[The Older Gentleman]

Joltin' Joe's 56 game hitting streak.xbowx

[The Older Gentleman]

Or, the Lakers 33 game win streak.

[Grizalltheway]

Or, the Lakers 33 game win streak.

I think UCLA's 88 game streak would be even tougher to break than that.

[The Older Gentleman]

I think UCLA's 88 game streak would be even tougher to break than that.

Got me on that one. Have to agree.xnodx

[The Older Gentleman]

How 'bout 8 straight titles by the Celtics?

[Cleets]

So to break it you need to win 9 in a row..?

(Hmmm...) I think you might have something there...

[poly51]

Cy Youngs career win total

Richard Petty's career win total

To break Cy Youngs record a guy would need to win 25 games a year for 20 years and he would still be 12 short.

To break Pettys record a guy would need to win 10 races a year for 20 years.

To beat Ripkins record would take a long careers worth of work without injury. Only 4 or 5 guys even played in all 162 games last year.

I would say all 3 are unbreakable under todays conditions.

[poly51]

UCLA's 88 straight wins and 7 straight national titles are also pretty safe. No other team has ever won more than 2 titles in a row.

They are:
Oklahoma State
San Francisco
Kentucky
Cinncinati
UCLA
Duke
Florida

[grizband]

Here are some other "unbreakable" sports records:


Ty Cobb's .366 career batting average
Wilt Chamberlain averaging 50.4 points/game in one season
Cy Young's 511 career wins
Wayne Gretzky 2857 career points
Jerry Rice 22,895 career receiving yards
Richard Petty winning 27 NASCAR races in one season

[dbackjon]

Nolan Ryan's Career Strikeout Total
Top Three, All-Time

Nolan Ryan 5714
Roger Clemens 4604
Randy Johnson 4581

Johnson would have to pitch another five or more seasons to break that record.

[Fresno St. Alum]

511 wins in baseball
56 game hit streak
88 wins UCLA
80 losses Prairie View
5714 K's by Ryan
222 points in a football game by Georgia Tech (222-0 over Cumberland)
258 points in a basketball game by Troy (258-141 over DeVry,Atlanta)

none of those will go down

[JALMOND]

I'd have to add Secretariat's length of victory in the Kentucky Derby.

Come to think of it, winning horse racing's triple crown is becoming quite difficult (baseball's triple crown is, too.).

A few others I think might be unbreakable...

1. Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in an NBA game.
2. Ernie Nevers 40 points in an NFL game.
3. Rogers Hornsby .424 batting average in a season
4. Gordie Howe's longevity record in hockey

[PantherRob82]

I think UCLA's 88 game streak would be even tougher to break than that.

That's for sure. Not even back to back champs Florida have come close.

[I Bleed Purple]

Steve Nash has averaged 857 assists for the past three years at 11.2 per game. If he had averaged that for the entirety of his eleven year career and not just the past three years, it'd only take another 7 1/2 years to beat John Stockton's assist record. In other words, it would take 18 and a half years at Nash's current production to beat Stockton's record.

That's one not going down for a long, long, long time.

[crunifan]

As head coach of the Iowa wrestling team, Dan Gable won the Big 10 wrestling title all 21 years he was head coach from 1976 to 1997. 16 national titles were won in that time period.

That could maybe go for best coaching record?

[PantherRob82]

As head coach of the Iowa wrestling team, Dan Gable won the Big 10 wrestling title all 21 years he was head coach from 1976 to 1997. 16 national titles were won in that time period.

That could maybe go for best coaching record?

That's another crazy streak.

[AZGrizFan]

Suffice it to say there are a LOT of crazy records out there that may NEVER get broken..... xnodx xnodx xnodx

[Gil Dobie]

1930 - Bobby Jones winning the British Open, US Open, US Men's Amateur, and British Amateur in the same year.

[Tod]

Ted Williams making it safely on base 16 times in a row. That may not sound like a big deal, but mathematically it's astounding. xeekx

[furpal87]

Secretatriat's huge win was the Belmont, not the Derby.

How about the other end:
72-73 Sixers going 9-73?
Cubs not winning a World Series in 99 years (however much longer that continues?).

[PaladinFan]

Joltin' Joe's 56 game hitting streak.xbowx

Second. Almost more amazing was that he rattled off a 24 (I think) game streak starting the game after it was broken.

[Cleets]

Ted Williams making it safely on base 16 times in a row. That may not sound like a big deal, but mathematically it's astounding. xeekx

absolutely..!
I remember when Andre Dawson reached base 8 times in a row safely it made ESPN sports center top story... 16 is rediculous

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[Gil Dobie]

Wilt's record 20,000+ one of a kind love affairs. xeyebrowx

[I Bleed Purple]

I don't know, Shawn Kemp came pretty close.

[Grizalltheway]

Wilt's record 20,000+ one of a kind love affairs. xeyebrowx

I'm very skeptical about that one.

[andy7171]

I'd agree with Ripkens consecutive games and the no hitter records.

xthumbsupx

[Cobblestone]

Joltin' Joe's 56 game hitting streak.xbowx


Gotta agree with this. Paul Moliter gave it a good run back in the late 80's (I forget which season) but that record will continue to last for a long, long time.

[UncleSam]

Here's another record that won't be broken, Wilt Chamberlain's 55 rebounds, in a single game, vs the Celtics in 1960.

[Maroon&White]

Ty Cobb stealing home plate 54 times in his career.

Doubt his single season mark of 8 will ever be broken, let alone his career mark.

[AppGuy04]

Some think it will, but I don't think anyone will hit .400 in a season

[Gil Dobie]

Some think it will, but I don't think anyone will hit .400 in a season

Joe Mauer will when he matures xthumbsupx

[AppGuy04]

Joe Mauer will when he matures xthumbsupx

I just think the pressure will get to anyone that gets close

[Gil Dobie]

I just think the pressure will get to anyone that gets close

He has been pretty good with pressure so far. Playing his last game last year to win the batting title was just the beginning. Health is the major concern with him behind the plate.

[AppGuy04]

He has been pretty good with pressure so far. Playing his last game last year to win the batting title was just the beginning. Health is the major concern with him behind the plate.

If/when he does it, he will have to play another position

[PaladinFan]

Mauer gets the benefit of the DH. He can stay in the lineup and not have to catch.

[blueballs]

Mauer doesn't have the speed to beat out enough infield hits and shorten up the infielders to hit .400 over 500+ AB's, particularly if he remains a catcher.

When I think of unbreakable records, in addition to those already posted, I automatically think of Edwin Moses and his 122 consective race winning streak in the 400m hurdles from 1977-1987. That was an unbelievable athlete and a classy individual.

Another record that hasn't been set yet but is occuring as we type is D1 basketball wins by a coach. Pat Summit will put that record so far out of reach it will never be threatened, let alone broken. She's around 950 wins and is only 55 years old. You never know, she might get Wooden's record for titles too.

[AppGuy04]

Another record that hasn't been set yet but is occuring as we type is D1 basketball wins by a coach. Pat Summit will put that record so far out of reach it will never be threatened, let alone broken. She's around 950 wins and is only 55 years old. You never know, she might get Wooden's record for titles too.

Oh man, she's got another 10-15 years in her

[Dukie95]

How about Anthony Young's 27 consecutive losses without a win?

That will be a tough one today.

[jstate83]

All the records mentioned will be near "unbreakable" in today's times.

But if you want the #1 sport's record that WILL NEVER, EVER BE BROKEN, then this is it.


132 years of DOMINATION
This will never be duplicated.
Debate OVER!!
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The America's Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics by 45 years. The sport attracts top sailors and yacht designers because of its long history and prestige as the "Holy Grail" of yachting. Although the most salient aspect of the regatta is its yacht races, it is also a test of boat design, sail design, fundraising, and managing people. The cup, originally offered as the Royal Yacht Squadron cup, is now named after the first yacht to win the trophy, the schooner America. The trophy remained in the hands of the New York Yacht Club of the United States from 1852 or 1857 (when the syndicate that won the Cup donated the trophy to the club) until 1983 when the Cup was won by the challenger, Australia II of Australia, ending the longest winning streak in the history of sport. For the first time in 132 years, America had lost the "cup" to another country. The skipper of Australia II, John Bertrand, was quoted in saying, "This puts yacht racing back on the map!"

[Maroon&White]

132 years of DOMINATION
This will never be duplicated.
Debate OVER!!


It will take longer to break, that doesn't mean it's any less likely to be broken then the others mentioned. Obviously it won't be broken in "today's time", it would be broken atleast 133 years from now.

[jstate83]

It will take longer to break, that doesn't mean it's any less likely to be broken then the others mentioned. Obviously it won't be broken in "today's time", it would be broken atleast 133 years from now.

xlolx OK xlolx

If I had to place a bet on NEVER, choosing from all the records mentioned in this thread, the America's Cup record of 132 years would be it. xlolx

[Maroon&White]

xlolx OK xlolx

If I had to place a bet on NEVER, choosing from all the records mentioned in this thread, the America's Cup record of 132 years would be it. xlolx


You do know it was only 25 wins by American sailors, right?

[Grizalltheway]

C'mon guys, 3 no-hitters in a row? All of the records in this thread are amazing and impressive, but the only thing that could throw 3 no-no's in a row is a pitching machine, and even that might get tired. Nolan Ryan was the master of no-no's, and he only had 7 in his 20+ year career.

[SiouxFallsJack]

I know someone posted Cy Young with his 511 wins but I think his more unbreakable records are his 749 complete games and 7356 innings pitched.

[Ivytalk]

Cy Youngs career win total

Richard Petty's career win total

Agreed. If a starter gets 32 or 33 starts max per year with the current 5-man rotations, he'd have to win every start for about 16 years to pass Cy.