by Pogotheostrich » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:44 pm
1 Cy Young's pitching record of 511 games won during his lifetime career.
2 Charles Radburn's record of sixty pitching victories in a single season.
3 Kid Nichol's feat of winning thirty or more games per season for seven consecutive seasons.
4 Walter Johnson's lifetime record of 3,508 strikeouts.
5 Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games.
6 The record of one-hundred or more runs batted in for thirteen consecutive seasons - also by Lou Gehrig.
7 Ty Cobb's record of 4,191 lifetime hits.
8 Joe DiMaggio's record of hitting safely in fifty-six consecutive games.
9 Babe Ruth's lifetime record of 2,056 bases on balls.
10 Don Larsen's perfect World Series game. This one may be matched some day but it will never be beaten. You can't beat perfection.