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re: Most impressive record in all of sports?
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:28 am to TechDawg2007
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:28 am to TechDawg2007
Favre's consecutive starts
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Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:35 am to Riseupfromtherubble
quote:by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962,is more impressive
The impressive thing about that that doesn't show up in the stat sheet, is that he grabbed those rebounds over Bill Russell
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 8:36 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:36 am to rzd30
I don't think it's necessarily a record... but the fact that Nolan Ryan pitched from the 1960's all the way into the 1990's and was still a great pitcher through all those years is amazing.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:39 am to rzd30
Most impressive or most unbreakable?
These are different questions. Changes to the game make the former question difficult to measure and allow the latter question to be answered with a number of examples.
As an example, no one will ever ever ever break Cy Young's career wins record of 511. Just won't happen as the game has completely changed. What people often forget is that he also has the record number of losses at 316. Is a 511-316 career record with a 2.63 ERA over 21 seasons in a very deadball era the most impressive record of all time? It's debatable perhaps, but it's probably less impressive than Koufax's 2.76 ERA and .65 winning percentage over 12 seasons in a more lively era for hitters.
What's not up for debate is that no one will ever pitch long enough or frequently enough to touch Young's decision numbers.
These are different questions. Changes to the game make the former question difficult to measure and allow the latter question to be answered with a number of examples.
As an example, no one will ever ever ever break Cy Young's career wins record of 511. Just won't happen as the game has completely changed. What people often forget is that he also has the record number of losses at 316. Is a 511-316 career record with a 2.63 ERA over 21 seasons in a very deadball era the most impressive record of all time? It's debatable perhaps, but it's probably less impressive than Koufax's 2.76 ERA and .65 winning percentage over 12 seasons in a more lively era for hitters.
What's not up for debate is that no one will ever pitch long enough or frequently enough to touch Young's decision numbers.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 8:59 am to rzd30
It's Cy Young's wins total. Now that pitchers have so much rest, they'll never ever touch that. Back then these guys were throwing every day.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 9:22 am to rzd30
Barry Bonds 73 dingers 
Posted on 3/20/15 at 9:22 am to rzd30
There are three records I don't think will ever be broken:
Ripken's consecutive games - too many variables (sickness, family, injury, etc).
Favre's consecutive starts - football is far too violent for anyone to start that many consecutive games anymore.
Emmitt's rushing record - see above, in addition to the short shelf life of tailbacks and the fact that the feature back is mostly a thing of the past.
Ripken's consecutive games - too many variables (sickness, family, injury, etc).
Favre's consecutive starts - football is far too violent for anyone to start that many consecutive games anymore.
Emmitt's rushing record - see above, in addition to the short shelf life of tailbacks and the fact that the feature back is mostly a thing of the past.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 9:22 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 9:32 am to pvilleguru
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Pick any Wayne Gretzky record.
Pretty much this. But how about this one? Wayne Gretzky holds the record for most career points (goals + assists). If you took away every one of his goals, the new leader in career points?
Wayne f'n Gretzky.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 9:58 am to Baloo
I'm not knowledgeable about hockey and even I say Wayne Gretzky.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:06 am to rzd30
UCLA's consecutive titles is the first that came to mind.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:23 am to Rouge
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511 will NEVER be sniffed
Yea but that's because its a relic of a record from a bygone era. Pitchers don't pitch enough to get that many wins in a career these days. Cy Young was great, sure, but when the record exist because the sport changed that takes some of the allure out of it for me.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:24 am to TejasHorn
Lionel Messi scoring 85 goals in a calender year while average goals per game is going down.
I know that's only English soccer but trends hold across Europe and that's a much clearer chart than any I can find for La Liga or Europe.
I know that's only English soccer but trends hold across Europe and that's a much clearer chart than any I can find for La Liga or Europe.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:27 am to PrimeTime Money
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Nolan Ryan
Now this is a pitching record I can get behind. Ryan has almost 1,000 strikeouts more than the next guy on the list (Randy Johnson). Both guys played in the modern era of baseball.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:31 am to Mephistopheles
But Muller still has more goals per game than Messi.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:57 am to rzd30
Every time this thread comes up I go with a sleeper pick of Edwin Moses in the 400 meter hurdles.
He won 122 consecutive races over 9 years 9 months and 9 days. His last win of the streak came at the age of 31 years 9 months old.
He won 122 consecutive races over 9 years 9 months and 9 days. His last win of the streak came at the age of 31 years 9 months old.
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But when the length of a winning streak is measured in years, instead of in individual contests, two other legendary athletes have an argument for longest winning streak. Edwin Moses dominated the 400-meter hurdles in track and field for nearly a decade, winning 122 straight races from 1977 to 1987. Moses won the Olympic gold medal in the 400 in 1984 (the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics) and broke his own world record four times along the way.
Boxer Julio-Cesar Chavez was the victor in 87 consecutive fights between 1981 and 1993, the longest unbeaten streak 13 years in boxing history.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 1:00 pm to ManBearTiger
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UCLA basketball, 88 straight wins.
What does Kentucky have coming in next year?
Posted on 3/20/15 at 1:07 pm to nc14
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56 consecutive game hitting streak.
This. By far the hardest to attain IMO.
either that or any number of Gretzky's records.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 1:07 pm to TxTiger82
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But Muller still has more goals per game than Messi.
True, and IMO, Muller played against a better standard of team overall (talent was more evenly distributed back then), but it's such a ridiculous achievement.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 1:28 pm to Mephistopheles
If we are talking impressive then you have to factor in the time period. So things like Wilts records and Cobbs batting avg aren't as impressive when you factor the time period of the sport.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:00 pm to chalmetteowl
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Bruno Sammartino 4,040 days as WWE Champion... only 4 other wrestlers even have 1,000... his total is more than Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and John Cena COMBINED
...shouldn't that be the record for the longest written script in a fake sport?
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