Major League Baseball betting is a bit different than other sports as the over under is always one of the best options. That’s because there are some interesting results that happen every night in MLB and it’s hard to predict which teams will win.
MLB players continue to get better and better every single year, especially when it comes to offense. Even though most would agree that players continue to improve, there are still some records that will never be broken.
Here is a look at seven unbreakable baseball records, in no particular order.
Cy Young: 749 Complete Games
The “Cy Young” Award is given to the best pitcher in each league every season, and the namesake of that award had a terrific MLB career. Young holds a number of career records, but it is his career complete games record that will never be broken.
During his long career, Young tossed 749 complete games, and that number is simply absurd. Over the next 50 years, most teams in baseball won’t have a total of 749 complete games as an entire pitching staff.
Rickey Henderson: 1,406 Career Stolen Bases
The stolen base is no longer a part of baseball as most teams are more concerned with hitting home runs and waiting for the big inning. “Moneyball” showed that the stolen base was not a winning play, and most teams in the AL don’t even attempt to steal bases at all.
Henderson is the stolen base king in baseball, and his 1,406 career stolen bases is never going to be touched. These feats technically could be broken because players are getting faster, but the way the game is played will keep this from happening.
Cal Ripken Jr: 2,632 Consecutive Games
Cal Ripken Jr. is known as “Ironman” and he was a player that simply refused to take a day off. Lou Gehrig once played 2,131 straight games during his career, and most baseball experts believed that his record wouldn’t be matched.
Ripken didn’t set out to break the streak when his career started, but it became clear that this was possible as the shortstop just continued to find his way into the lineup. Not only did Ripken blow past the previous record set by Gehrig, but he established the all-time mark.
Joe DiMaggio: 56 Game Hitting Streak
The one record that most people bring up when talking about baseball is the 56-game hitting streak by Joe DiMaggio. 56 games is an extremely wrong time, and you have to be one of the best players in the league to pull that off.
There have been other players that have actually challenged to break this record, and it could theoretically be broken at some point. Pitchers have started to dominate the games though, and some players don’t even make contact 56 games in a row.
Nolan Ryan: 5,714 Career Strikeouts
Nolan Ryan was known for his fastball, and the “Ryan Express” racked up over 5,700 strikeouts during his career. That number is ridiculous to look at on paper, and it was ridiculous what he was able to accomplish on the field.
Pitching records are the most likely to remain in place as the current pitchers don’t have the same workload as previous generations.
Pete Rose: 4,256 Career Hits
Pete Rose is the “hit king” when it comes to Major League Baseball, and his career hit total will never be touched. There are a number of reasons that this record will never go down, and the biggest is the fact that Rose played for so long.
Most baseball fans and experts agree that getting to 2,000 career hits is sort of the threshold to reach the Hall of Fame, and there aren’t many players that even get to that number.
Ty Cobb: .367 Career Batting Average
Even though all of these records are in no particular order, this is one that seems to be the most ridiculous. Baseball has clearly changed over the last few decades, but it’s hard to find any player that has a batting average of at least .367 for just one season.
Ty Cobb is known as one of the best hitters in baseball history, and this stat just proves how great he was. Posting a career batting average of .367 is a remarkable feat and just speaks to the consistency that Cobb had as well.
