IDF
20-06-2007, 04:17
I'm going with Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak. It is a record that may never be broken. The closest anyone has reached is Pete Rose with 44 games. Just think about how hard it would be to go 56 straight games without so much as an 0/1 in the box score.
I was tempted to go with Cy Young's 511 wins, but I had to note he also holds the record for most losses and innings pitched. His record was a product of good pitching, but it was also the product of dead era baseball. It was more the result of the way the game used to be. Pitchers would go the entire game and pitch every third day instead of every fifth day. Deadball era baseball was advantageous for the pitcher with 500+ foot deep outfields and the use of a single ball throughout the game. I think that someone (like Clemens) would easily get more wins had he played in the deadball era. Of course, the record will never be broken because of the way baseball is with pitch counts and 5 men rotations.
I was tempted to go with Cy Young's 511 wins, but I had to note he also holds the record for most losses and innings pitched. His record was a product of good pitching, but it was also the product of dead era baseball. It was more the result of the way the game used to be. Pitchers would go the entire game and pitch every third day instead of every fifth day. Deadball era baseball was advantageous for the pitcher with 500+ foot deep outfields and the use of a single ball throughout the game. I think that someone (like Clemens) would easily get more wins had he played in the deadball era. Of course, the record will never be broken because of the way baseball is with pitch counts and 5 men rotations.