Baseball Records
The game of baseball is very fast that it is quite inevitable to have a number of baseball records here and there. And there are just so many interesting baseball records that any baseball fan can truly enjoy!
So, what are some examples of these baseball records? For starters, there’s the one involving Barry Bonds. Although this is one MLB home run record yet to be made, Bonds certainly has it in him to break it. But there are certain Major League Baseball records that are quite safe from being broken. Of course, nothing is final in this fast-paced game of baseball, but these MLB records are quite strong enough as they are already. The first of which is the 511 wins of Cy Young. Young earned a place in the MLB record book with the most number of wins ever! Roger Clemens is next in line in this record, but he’s still quite far, with 343 victories to his name. But this figure is just at the entrance of the 2007 season, so that can change dramatically as well. We all will just have to wait for things to unfold. But baseball experts say that it would take a number of years for Clemens to be able to beat this record. He could very well be 53 years old when the time comes. So, this is one Major League Baseball record that’s unlikely to be beaten.
Another famous example of the many MLB record holders is Ty Cobb. Cobb actually holds the highest batting average ever, pegged at 0.367. The closest to this record is actually Tony Gwynn with an average pegged at 0.338. But Gwynn is no longer active in the league. So, the only active player presently is Todd Helton. Helton plays for the Colorado Rockies, and his batting average is 0.334, entering the 2007 season. But if you think about it, that is still quite a difference. Plus, Helton’s batting average is just 24th on the list. So, there are a lot of baseball players who will not likely beat this record anytime soon. So, this is one of the baseball records that is safe.
And how about the no-hitters record held by Johnny Vander Meer? It was on June 11 and June 15 of the year 1938 when Vander Meer threw these consecutive no-hitters. This was for the games between Cincinnati and Boston and Cincinnati and Brooklyn. And if a pitcher would want to take out Vander Meer, then he would have to hit 3 no-hitters in a row. This is something that’s hard to achieve, even if you are one great pitcher!
And, of course, Cal Ripken is never absent from the record books of MLB. Ripken was able to play 2,632 games straight up, without miss. Yes, these are consecutive games, so we are definitely talking about endurance here! Before Ripken took this record, it was actually Lou Gehrig who held it. Gehrig was able to play 2,130 games straight out, without miss. But Ripken took the title away from Gehrig by putting another 500 games under his belt. This was from May 30, 1983 until September 20, 1998. This record is pretty safe because of the large figure to it already.
And then there’s Nolan Ryan’s strikeout record. This MLB strikeout record Ryan holds actually adds up to 5,714 strikeouts. Ryan was active for 27 seasons, and he was the pitcher for his team until he reached the age of 46. Ryan’s record is basically pretty safe from the sights of Roger Clemens, another power pitcher. Clemens may be powerful, as it is, but the figure to beat is just too high for him. Clemens just might have to continue pitching until they reach 50 years old or so.