During the same dates of that 56 game streak as I recall DiMaggio batted .409 during those same 56 games Williams batted .422.
The record that would be impossible to break is Junior Stephens RBI's in 3 straight seasons by a shortstop 440. That amount of RBI's by a player of any position has not been reahed since 1941 by any player let alone shortstops.
His RBI record for a single year for shortstops of 159 in 1949 stands for the entire modern era 1903 to present and will unlikely ever be broken.
The ONLY thing DiMaggio ever did better then Teddy Ballgame was get in Marilyn's pants, but come to think of it everyone did that. Joe couldn't carry Ted's jock as a hitter. No one could. Remember if the rule re. sac flys was as it is now, it's been estimated Teddy would have hit approx. 425! 700 + HR if not for the service to his country. He was what John Wayne WISHED he was. A TRUE Mlb legend & hero. I guess you could say I "sort of" liked him.@)
The ONLY thing DiMaggio ever did better then Teddy Ballgame was get in Marilyn's pants, but come to think of it everyone did that. Joe couldn't carry Ted's jock as a hitter. No one could. Remember if the rule re. sac flys was as it is now, it's been estimated Teddy would have hit approx. 425! 700 + HR if not for the service to his country. He was what John Wayne WISHED he was. A TRUE Mlb legend & hero. I guess you could say I "sort of" liked him.@)
100% in agreement. I remember Williams coming back from the Korean War, he didn't go down to the minors like
they do today to get into playing shape & only had a brief batting practice session before in his first pinch hit appearence he made an out. That year he played in 37 games hit .407 batted about 90 times & hit .407 with 13 HR's. What a comeback.
After the 2nd World War he batted .342 in 46, DiMaggio in 46 his first year back hit .290.
Steve O'Neal's 98 yard punt is unbreakable because you cannot have a 99 yard punt.
Wilt Chamberlain 20,000 women.
According to Rod Roddewig, a contemporary of Wilt's, Chamberlain documented his love life using a Day-Timer. Every time Chamberlain went to bed with a different woman, he put a check in his Day-Timer. Over a 10-day period, there were 23 checks in the book, which would be a rate of 2.3 women per day. Chamberlain divided that number in half, to be conservative and to correct for degrees of variation. He then multiplied that number by the number of days he had been alive at the time minus 15 years. That was how the 20,000 number came into existence.
According to Rod Roddewig, a contemporary of Wilt's, Chamberlain documented his love life using a Day-Timer. Every time Chamberlain went to bed with a different woman, he put a check in his Day-Timer. Over a 10-day period, there were 23 checks in the book, which would be a rate of 2.3 women per day. Chamberlain divided that number in half, to be conservative and to correct for degrees of variation. He then multiplied that number by the number of days he had been alive at the time minus 15 years. That was how the 20,000 number came into existence.
Some of these are impossible to break just because the game has changed so much
511 wins never ( likely 300 or so losses too ?), You just can't get that number of decisions in today's game, even a 300 game career winner is unlikely ever again !
I'm curious how BAS picked 1941 for the cutoff year ?
Cal's 2632 is a lock, no player would ever get the chance again, managers are going to rest you no matter what.
Some that are highly unlikely to be broken but not entirely impossible...
Batting .400
4,192 hits
Records like most this, most RBIs, homeruns ,wins,etc. In a season are pretty safe and not going to be broken.
Mr. O for 53 is pretty safe, too. It takes a perfect storm to accomplish that. A team with no prayer of even a wildcard, huge contract, no minor league options, untradeable, at this point he's probably even a draw and people will come to witness this home or away !
Wilt and 20k broads is almost certainly BS, probably closer to 2k
100 points in NBA could be done given a lot of things going just right
511 wins never ( likely 300 or so losses too ?), You just can't get that number of decisions in today's game, even a 300 game career winner is unlikely ever again !
I'm curious how BAS picked 1941 for the cutoff year ?
Cal's 2632 is a lock, no player would ever get the chance again, managers are going to rest you no matter what.
Some that are highly unlikely to be broken but not entirely impossible...
Batting .400
4,192 hits
Records like most this, most RBIs, homeruns ,wins,etc. In a season are pretty safe and not going to be broken.
Mr. O for 53 is pretty safe, too. It takes a perfect storm to accomplish that. A team with no prayer of even a wildcard, huge contract, no minor league options, untradeable, at this point he's probably even a draw and people will come to witness this home or away !
Wilt and 20k broads is almost certainly BS, probably closer to 2k
100 points in NBA could be done given a lot of things going just right
