While there are many records which are incredibly inconceivable to be broken such as Wilt's 27 rebounds per game in a season, Ripken's streak, Dimaggio's 56 games, Cy Young 511 wins, etc. There is one that is far and away the most unbreakable record in American Sports
749 Complete Games
Yes, Cy Young threw 749 complete games in his career. Ok to put this in prospectus I'm going to break this down a little bit.
A) There are only 162 games in a Major League Season. A Pitcher would have to start and complete every game for 4 seasons and 101 in the 5th season. And We know that isn't going to happen.
B) The Leader in baseball last season for complete games were Chris Carpenter and Dontrelle Willis at 7 games a piece. At that pace they would only need to pitch for 107 seasons, get out those chriogenic freezers. Dontrelle's gonna be great in 2111.
C) Its been 7 years since Randy Johnson was the last pitcher to throw double digit complete games in a season and 20 years since Fernando Valenzuela threw 20 complete games.
D) Only three pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball (Nolan Ryan, Don Sutton, and Cy Young himself) have started over 749 games in their careers. Roger Clemens has pitched in baseball since 1984 and has only amassed 671 starts to this date.
E) At the rate of 33 starts a season, the typical amount, a starter would have to get a complete game in every start for a little bit more than 22 1/2 seasons.
Don't worry Cy this record is and will be firmly entrenched in your lap for eternity.
749 Complete Games
Yes, Cy Young threw 749 complete games in his career. Ok to put this in prospectus I'm going to break this down a little bit.
A) There are only 162 games in a Major League Season. A Pitcher would have to start and complete every game for 4 seasons and 101 in the 5th season. And We know that isn't going to happen.
B) The Leader in baseball last season for complete games were Chris Carpenter and Dontrelle Willis at 7 games a piece. At that pace they would only need to pitch for 107 seasons, get out those chriogenic freezers. Dontrelle's gonna be great in 2111.
C) Its been 7 years since Randy Johnson was the last pitcher to throw double digit complete games in a season and 20 years since Fernando Valenzuela threw 20 complete games.
D) Only three pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball (Nolan Ryan, Don Sutton, and Cy Young himself) have started over 749 games in their careers. Roger Clemens has pitched in baseball since 1984 and has only amassed 671 starts to this date.
E) At the rate of 33 starts a season, the typical amount, a starter would have to get a complete game in every start for a little bit more than 22 1/2 seasons.
Don't worry Cy this record is and will be firmly entrenched in your lap for eternity.
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