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Aluminny69 said:
I'm guessing you mean WCBB only. I'm sure this record has been duplicated in other sports. Anson Dorrance, for instance.

Ted Williams hitting .406 comes to mind.
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.406 is not even close to being a record.
 
Tony Dorsett's 99 yard touchdown run vs the Vikings. Can only be tied but never broken on a 100 yard field.
 
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Beemer said:
No horse will ever duplicate or break that Belmont record. He literally ran away from that field and if he'd have kept running he would have lapped them.
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In fact, eased up, Secretariat broke Swaps' world record for a mile and five-eighths.
 
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Carnac said:
9. MLB’s Cy Young's 749 complete games and 511 wins.
OK, get to work. :)
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The most complete games Cy Young had in a single season was 48 and that is not the record. Someone in the early years had 75. The most complete games last season by any pitcher was 3 so it is safe to say no one is going to approach any records for complete games in a season. For comparison here are the complete games for some of the great pitchers that we older guys were lucky enough to see pitch : Robin Roberts 33 in 1953, Catfish Hunter 30 in 1975, Juan Marichal 30 in 1968, Bob Gibson 28 in 1969 and Sandy Koufax 27 in both 1965 and 66.
 
Rickey Henderson's 1,406 career steals. Rogers Hornsby's six year streak where his lowest batting average was 370. .370, .397, .401, .384, .424, .403 He was the greatest hitter ever with both power and average. You'll rarely see any batter hit .350.
 
bantamlaker said:
The most complete games Cy Young had in a single season was 48 and that is not the record. Someone in the early years had 75. The most complete games last season by any pitcher was 3 so it is safe to say no one is going to approach any records for complete games in a season. For comparison here are the complete games for some of the great pitchers that we older guys were lucky enough to see pitch : Robin Roberts 33 in 1953, Catfish Hunter 30 in 1975, Juan Marichal 30 in 1968, Bob Gibson 28 in 1969 and Sandy Koufax 27 in both 1965 and 66.
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Thanks for the correction. :)
 
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South Carolina holds the NCAA record for consecutive wins (22) in the national tournament and the longest win streak ever at the CWS (12 in a row from 2010 to 2012) in which the Gamecocks played for national titles all three years. This is not losing a game in the regionals, super regionals, or CWS during the 3 year run. SC finally lost a game right before they played for their 3 title.

The second longest streak ever is not even close.
 
Cornell's men's NCAA hockey - only undefeated/untied team in history.

And no, Ken Dryden was not the goalie !!!!
 
Pete Maravich, played JV his Freshman year averaging 43 ppg, never played in the NCAAs, only played in 83 games for his career, no 24 second clock, no 3 point shot.
And these varsity records will be tough to beat:
Season 1,381—Pete Maravich, LSU, 1970 (522 FGs, 337 FTs, 31 games)
Career 3,667—Pete Maravich, LSU, 1968-70 (1,387 FGs, 893 FTs, 83 games)
Average per Game Season 44.5—Pete Maravich, LSU, 1970 (1,381 in 31)
Career 44.2—Pete Maravich, LSU, 1968-70 (3,667 in 83)
Games Scoring at Least 50 Points Season 10—Pete Maravich, LSU, 1970
Season—Consecutive Games 3—Pete Maravich, LSU, Feb. 10 to Feb. 15, 1969
Games Scoring at Least 50 Points Career 28—Pete Maravich, LSU, 1968-70
Games Scoring at Least 40 Points Career 56—Pete Maravich, LSU, 1968-70
 
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Penn St. women's volleyball did some insane things that I doubt will ever be repeated in that sport. 109 match winning streak, 4 straight Championships, only lost 2 SETS during an undefeated season in 2008, and both of those were in the National Semi-Final. They won every other match that year 3-0. That is just unbelievably dominant, it's hard to think of a way to compare that to any other sport.

edit--maybe it would like outscoring your opponents in EVERY QUARTER during an entire basketball season
 
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shiverz45 said:
South Carolina holds the NCAA record for consecutive wins (22) in the national tournament and the longest win streak ever at the CWS (12 in a row from 2010 to 2012) in which the Gamecocks played for national titles all three years. This is not losing a game in the regionals, super regionals, or CWS during the 3 year run. SC finally lost a game right before they played for their 3 title.

The second longest streak ever is not even close.
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Wait s second, 22 consecutive NCAA wins? Wouldn't 4 consecutive wins be at least 24 wins, not even counting the wins in the fifth season? I'm perplexed...
 
Carnac said:
I definitely should have included UConn’s 111 game winning streak, along with the AAC conference win streak. I agree that Maya’s mark will be eclipsed before either of those will, but none of the Uber great players that have come through UConn to date have cracked the 3000 point barrier. That player may or make not be out there. If she is, I hope to see her soon.

I think the 111 game win streak is as safe as Cy Young’s. With respect to Geno’s 11 championships, I’m suggesting that no other coach will win more. We all expect him to add to that total in the next 6 years.
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We’ll just agree to disagree on the Comparative difficulty of the Win streak and Cy Young. I see the Cy Young record as essentially impossible! The win streak clearly is not! Imo, of course.
 
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Cuango said:
We’ll just agree to disagree on the Comparative difficulty of the Win streak and Cy Young. I see the Cy Young record as essentially impossible! The win streak clearly is not! Imo, of course.
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I started this thread because I wanted to find out what other posters thought. That especially includes those that have a different point of view. Thanks for responding. :)
 
Since I only follow baseball records:

Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. Outside of Tony Gwynn, you do not have the disciplined hitters needed to even come close.

Ripkin's consecutive games played streak.

Bond's career homerun record of 762. Very few legit power hitters who can stay healthy and play long enough. It's the record, steriods or not.

Peter Rose's all time games played. Again, it goes to health and longevity.

Nolan Ryan's 7 no hitters. Game has changed. Most starters never go 9 innings.

Now to women's basketball:
Uconn women's 111 game win streak. And their 11 National Championships. Teams come and go but no team has had the prolonged success of Uconn.
 
Personally, I think the 12 straight Final Fours for Geno and his Huskies is another “unbeatable” record...I believe the next closest is five...unbelievable.
 
A biological limit

Let’s take the men’s 100m sprint as our example. Humans cannot run at, say, the speed of light, so there must be a limit to how fast it is possible to run.

The current world record for this event is 9.58 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2009. His average speed during this race was 10.43 m/s, with a top speed of 12.34 m/s. Were it possible for him to run at this speed for the entire 100 m (impossible because of the stationary start), Bolt could have completed the race in 8.10 seconds. Interestingly, in a 150 m race in 2009 Bolt ran the last 100 m in 8.70 seconds – a result of starting that last 100 m at speed.

Mathematicians and biologists have both tried to predict the fastest 100 m sprint possible, with varying results. A 2008 study (before current world record was set) used computer models and statistics to suggest a time of 9.48 seconds, mathematician Reza Noubary has suggested 9.44 s, and other researchers have suggested 9.45 seconds. These predictions are based on fitting a curve to the progression of the world record over time (check out this link for an explanation of the maths involved).

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  1. Cy Young's 749 complete games and 511 wins.
  2. Wilt Chamberlain – 100 Points in a Single Game. ...
  3. Wayne Gretzky's 2,857 Career Points. ...
  4. Brett Favre's 297 Consecutive Games Played. ...
  5. Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 Consecutive Games Played. ...
  6. Joe DiMaggio's 56 Game Hit Streak. ...
  7. Boston Celtics – Eight Consecutive NBA Titles. ...

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j66kicker said:
Not a record. MLB record is .440. 20 major league players have batted over .400 for a season. Three of them did it 3 times. None of them hit against black pitchers, including Ted.
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I meant we will never see someone hit over .400 again.
 
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Some Uconn records that are definitely breakable but may never be broken.

-Chris Smith alltime scoring record, anyone who is capable won't be there for 4 years especially this day in age of guys going pro .

-Dan Orlovsky's passing yards record, very breakable in todays passing game but this is UConn were talking about where a passing game is non existent, even in the days of making bowl games we never had a passing game.
 
For Uconn records or accomplishments, I believe one would be even harder to match than 12 straight final fours, 11 championships, or a 111 game winning streak! Namely the last two game losing streak was a generation ago, I believe 93/94 season, before anyone playing at Uconn now was born. I believe it is getting close to a thousand games now.

The other posts covering so many sports are all excellent and bring back memories of many things I haven't thought about for years.
 
I don’t see Emmitt Smith’s all-time NFL rushing yards and rushing TD’s records of 18,355 and 164 respectively, being broken, even if the owners get their way and extend the regular season to 18 games.
Duncan Idaho said:
Tony Dorsett's 99 yard touchdown run vs the Vikings. Can only be tied but never broken on a 100 yard field.
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Derrick Henry was credited with a 99 yd run a couple seasons ago. Dorsett though, accomplished his record run with only 10 men on the field as FB Ron Springs misunderstood the play call and came off the field.
 
Carnac said:
Since this is a dead period for news or any movement in WCBB, I thought I’d conduct a poll of the most intelligent and knowledgeable fans on the WWW, of records that will never be broken. Before I get started, I urge you to keep it going and add any record(s) from any sport you feel belongs here and will never be broken (or broken in your lifetime). Below are 10 random records in no particular order in the world of sports that many think will NEVER be broken. I know that records are made to be broken, BUT some have stood the test of time, and continue to stand tall over 7+ decades; and are beginning to appear they never will.

You can list them in order that YOU think they will someday be broken, with the last record of those listed to fall on top at number 1. I’ll start close to home with two Uconn records I think will age like a fine wine before they are broken. Post edited to change #2.

1. Geno’s 11 (and counting) national championships. Kim Mulkey (Baylor) has 3. She is the only active D1 coach with more than 2 NC’s.

2. UConn’s 111 game consecutive win streak and their undefeated American Conference win streak of 139-0 (2013-2020)

3. Joe DiMaggio’s (MLB) 56 game hit streak established in 1941. 79 years ago and counting. Pete Rose came within 12 games in 1978 with 44.

4. Nolan Ryan’s 7 career no-hitters. On May 1,1991 at the age of 44, he tossed his last one. I don’t think this one will ever be broken. To break it, someone has to throw 8. :confused: Throwing a no-hitter is like hitting for the cycle. It's possible, but very hard to do. I won't even mention Johnny Vander Meer's (Cincinnati Reds) record of throwing 2 consecutive no hitters back to back in June 1938. This would be my #1 entry on top. It NEVER happened before or since.

5. The “Iron Man” - MLB HOF Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr’s consectutive games played streak. Ripken holds the MLB record for consecutive games played, 2,632, surpassing Lou Gehrig's streak of 2,130 that had stood for 56 years. Many deemed that record unbreakable. 2,632 games = 16.2 years (seasons) without missing a game. :eek:

6. The NFL’s Tom Brady’s 6 SuperBowl wins.

7. Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA record of 100 points scored in a game against the NY Knicks in 1962. (58 years ago.........and counting) Kobe Bryant has come the closest when he scored 81 points in the Lakers' Jan. 22, 2006 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Five things you didn't know about Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game.

8. The NBA’s HOF Bill Russell’s 13 league championships 1957-1969

9. MLB’s Cy Young's 749 complete games and 511 wins.

10. NFL’s Brett Favre's 297 Consecutive Games Played.

For the record, except for number 10, I don’t think any of these incredible records will ever be broken.

OK, get to work. :)
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I think that one of the least impressive records listed is Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. Theoretically you could be hit 250 or less and sustain a 56 game hitting streak. He ended up hitting 408 during that streak instead which is really exceptional but Ted Williams hit 406 for the entire year ..... THE ENTIRE YEAR .... which is more impressive???? Sustaining that pace for the entire season or for 1/3 of the season .... I'm not saying it wasn't impressive but to compare the two .... not even close!!!! He hit 357 for the year, not nearly as impressive as Ted Williams ... Just so you know, I hate the Red Sox and I'm a really big Yankee fan
 
Scoe said:
-Mariano Riveras 652 career saves, 44 saves at age 43.

- Rickey Hendersons 130 SB in a season

- Wilt Chamberlain 50.4 ppg average in a season

-Pete Rose 4,256 career hits (ridiculous whats more ridiculous is hes not in the HOF)

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Pete Rose having 4,256 hits while playing practically his whole career on artificial turf where infield chops bounced so high, that by the time an infielder had a chance to grasp it, often it became a hit .... how many balls that would have slowed down on grass, instead skipped through an infield .... just as Henry Aaron became the alltime homer hitter while playing his home games hitting in banjo box stadiums in both Milwaukee and Atlanta while also playing in other National league parks in Cincinnati and New York that had really shallow dimensions really rubs me the wrong way .... He was a great hitter but for him to ever have had the career homerun title is ludicrous. His home stadiums for most of his career were COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING little league parks if compared to the old Yankee stadium where the power alleys were called Death Valley and in Cleveland Municipal stadium that was an enormous ball park .... these facts should somehow play into these RECORDS ....
 
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Buzzyboy said:
Pete Rose having 4,256 hits while playing practically his whole career on artificial turf where infield chops bounced so high, that by the time an infielder had a chance to grasp it, often it became a hit .... how many balls that would have slowed down on grass, instead skipped through an infield .... just as Henry Aaron became the alltime homer hitter while playing his home games hitting in banjo box stadiums in both Milwaukee and Atlanta while also playing in other National league parks in Cincinnati and New York that had really shallow dimensions really rubs me the wrong way .... He was a great hitter but for him to ever have had the career homerun title is ludicrous. His home stadiums for most of his career were COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING little league parks if compared to the old Yankee stadium where the power alleys were called Death Valley and in Cleveland Municipal stadium that was an enormous ball park .... these facts should somehow play into these RECORDS ....
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If Ichiro had started his career earlier he could have broken Pete Rose hits record, he still had over 3,000 hits despite starting his career at 27, lets say he starts at 21 that would have given him 6 years to get 1,300 hits.
 
Buzzyboy said:
I think that one of the least impressive records listed is Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. Theoretically you could be hit 250 or less and sustain a 56 game hitting streak. He ended up hitting 408 during that streak instead which is really exceptional but Ted Williams hit 406 for the entire year ..... THE ENTIRE YEAR .... which is more impressive???? Sustaining that pace for the entire season or for 1/3 of the season .... I'm not saying it wasn't impressive but to compare the two .... not even close!!!! He hit 357 for the year, not nearly as impressive as Ted Williams ... Just so you know, I hate the Red Sox and I'm a really big Yankee fan
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And Joe won the MVP that year. Think about it, Williams had two Triple Crown season and hit .406. And didn’t win the MVP in any of them.
 
I'm sorry, OT, but two events in my life I will never forget. Secretariat/Belmont Stakes 1973 and watching Sputnik overhead in 1957 as a nine year old. (The rest they say is history).
 
So many great records mentioned. I didn't see the one for tennis - if Serena Williams can't equal Margaret Court's grand slam wins record, I think that record will stand forever.
 
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True enough, but as extraordinary records go, not losing an AAC game is pretty lowbar:rolleyes:
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Ok, that’s fair, so we’ll restrict that record to AAC schools only, and not other teams in other Division 1 Conferences.
 
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