Lou Gherig holds the AL RBI season record with 175.  Why is this record so unbelievable?
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You're referring to the 1927 season.  In 1931 Lou drove in 184 (which is the actual AL record).  A man who hasn't played a game in over 65 years still holds the record, that's why it's so amazing.  When he played baseball was on a 154 game schedule.  That means he averaged 1.2 RBI per game.\n\nThe closest anyone has gotten to that record since 1940 was Manny Ramirez in 1999 with 165 RBI.  Remember that Manny had 8 extra games.  With Lou's average he would have had 193 RBI.\n\nFor a little more amazement, realize that is only the AL record, Hack Wilson holds the All-time record at 191.  There was a one game regular season playoff so Hack played 155 but that is still an average of 1.23\n\nThe all-time RBI record, all-time Wins record and hitting streak will never NEVER be broken.  Pitching is obvious: they pitched more often (once every 3 or 4 games, today we have the 5 man rotation) and they pitched the whole game.  Cy pitched 906 games and 749 of them were complete games.  Only 15 pitchers have more wins than Cy's losses (316) of all time.\n\nDiMaggio's record is just mind boggling.\n\nAnd then we have RBI.  You'd have to put together a dream line-up for it to happen nowadays.  You would need to protect the RBI man with a better slugger behind him.  Also with the specialization of the relief and closer pitchers, many late-inning opportunities for RBI have been stripped away.
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At 38, he's approaching it, if not there yet. Too bad he suffered all those injuries in his career. He could have been a great ballplayer. With 538 HRs, he'll most likely get voted into the Hall of Fame. Not on the first ballot, however. Chances are, he might last for another five years, if he agrees to be traded to the AL to DH.
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diseage is right about Ty Cobb, but his information on Duffy is slightly wrong.\n\nHugh Duffy's batting average was .440 (.4397 but usually rounded up) in 1894. Most records from this era are suspect, as the quality of play was much lower at that time than it would be in just a few years from then. \n\nIf we limit ourselves to after 1901, the answer for single season is .424 (.4325) for Rogers Hornsby in 1924. Incidentally, Hornsby is also second for career batting average at .359 (.3585)
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716 in his baseball career. I'm not sure how many in his other careers. gimme a break
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Greetings from inside the Yahoo Brain in New York City!\nHope you're catching the live webcast at: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\nRoger Cedeno is the correct answer.  Interesting note, that of all the many steals in career steals leader Rickey "I am the Greatest" Henderson's career, only four, that is 4, were of home plate.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n--J.
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It was Lou Gehrig with 184 in 1931.  Babe Ruth's highest total was 164 in 1927, and Hack Wilson was a right-handed batter.\n\nhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gehrilo01.shtml
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If he keeps this up, so far he is a potential triple crown candidate, he is on the pace to breaking the previous home run record of 73.  I just named a couple records.  lol
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Shockingly Barry Bonds set this record in 2001, on his way to 73.  He had 39 at the all-star break.
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Aaron is best known for setting the Major League record for most home runs in a career (755), surpassing the previous mark of 714 by Babe Ruth. Aaron also holds the career marks for RBI (2,297), extra base hits (1,477) and total bases (6,856).
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Cy young was a real person, so why can't he be a barometer by which to judge the performance of other pitchers?  Because he was so astoundingly great?  I'm not sure I understand your point . . .
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Well, I'll put it this way. The legends of the game have had cold streaks way longer than 4 days. I wouldn't be suprised if he doesn't hit 714 until tuesday. Bonds is not a legend, and due to the fact that the footnote attached to his asterix on homeruns will cut off half the page, it really doesn't matter if and when he passes Ruth and Aaron. You ever hit a homerun? It's tough, and no one wants to be the guy who let Bonds tie Ruth.
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he shouldn't be declared as a record breaker.\nthe guy was on steroids, that's cheating.\n\nDEREK JETER ROCKS!
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He is definitely worth it. People totally exaggerate the impact of steroids on the great baseball players. Yes, steroids probably helped Luis Gonzales hit 57 home-runs when he has never hit over 30 in any other season. But steroids have not caused Barry Bonds to hit more home-runs. Go back to his earliest days, and Barry was crushing home-runs. Barry's totals have improved largely because he has become extremely selective (never swinging at anything out of the strike zone), and because he continues to perfect his craft as a hitter. Barry rarely misses a mistake. We are talking about a man who hit over 50 home-runs in a year where he received more intentional walks than ARod received in his entire career...ARod!!!! As for Babe Ruth's single season and career home-run numbers, does anyone complain about the fact these records were made possible by ending the dead ball era? That's right...before 1921, the major league record for home-runs in a season was 16. Do you think athletes all starting doping in 1921? Actually, no. Major league baseball actually changed the baseball, making it travel farther when hit. So yes, Barry Bonds is worthy to break Babe Ruth's career home-run record...and Hank Aaron's for that matter.
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No, he didn't break any record.  But he did hit two HRs, that makes the total of 538, pass Mickey Mantle (536) to be the 12th of all time.  He needs another 10 to move to the 11th.
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The answer is YES. Forget about the betting. \nHis Career Numbers are:\n\n4256 hits- Most All-Time\n3562 Games Played- Most All-Time\n2165 runs- 5th most All-Time\n746 doubles-2nd All Time\n5752 total bases- 6th All-Time\n.303 Career Average\nOnly had 160 Career Homeruns and \nOnly had 1314 Career Rbi.\nPlayed the game the way it was meant to be played. \n\nIf anyone belongs ... he does. Hasn't it been long enough?
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I grew up with Rickey Henderson as my favorite baseball player ever.  I loved the guy, hell i even had his book, and comic book.  OH yeah, he had a comic book.  Anyways he dominated the game, the best leadoff hitter of all time, hands down.  He should be a first ballot hall of famer.  Lets not forget his records in leadoff game home runs either.
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Konerko is going to have to step it up a little bit or he'll fall just short, but they are all three on pace to join some elite company.\n\nIt is rare, but it has happened before:\nWalker/Galarraga/Castilla (COL) - 1997\nGalarraga/Burks/Castilla (COL) - 1996\nJohnson/Evans/Aaron (ATL) - 1973\n\nAnd just because I was curious, here are some instances where just two teammates have hit 40 in a season, more common but still rare:\nRamirez/Ortiz (BOS) - 2004-05\nPujols/Edmonds (STL) - 2004\nPalmeiro/Rodriguez (TEX) - 2001\nBagwell/Hidalgo (HOU) and Batista/Delgado (TOR) - 2000\nDelgado/Green (TOR) - 1999\nGriffey/Rodriguez (SEA) - 1998-99\nGriffey/Buhner (SEA) - 1996-97\nBench/Perez (CIN) - 1970\nPetrocelli/Yastrzemski (BOS) - 1969\nMaris/Mantle (NYY) and Mays/Cepeda (SF) - 1961\nPost/Kluszewski (CIN) - 1955\nSnider/Hodges (BRO) - 1954\nSnider/Campanella (BRO) - 1953\nRuth/Gehrig (NYY) - 1927, 1930-31\n\nOkay, so I have the day off.......