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Barry Bonds - 73 HR in one season | 2 | 0.43% | |
Ty Cobb - .366 Career Batting Average | 23 | 4.95% | |
Walter Johnson - 110 Career Shutouts | 43 | 9.25% | |
Joe DiMaggio - 56 Game Hitting Streak | 28 | 6.02% | |
Cal Ripken, Jr. - 2,632 Consecutive Games Played | 40 | 8.60% | |
Pete Rose - 4,256 Career Hits | 5 | 1.08% | |
Nolan Ryan - 5,714 Career Strikeouts | 8 | 1.72% | |
Cy Young - 511 Career Wins | 286 | 61.51% | |
New York Giants - 26 Game Unbeaten Streak | 0 | 0% | |
The record I am thinking of isn’t listed here. | 30 | 6.45% | |
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There have been a couple of other switch pitchers but the only one that anyone here may remember would be Greg Harris Last edited by bn2cardz; 04-24-2013 at 09:31 AM. |
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I had just recently looked into this because a few months ago I was having a conversation with a coworker about how great it would be if someone were to be a switch pitcher (the night before I had practiced throwing with my left hand). He said it would be impossible... so I had to prove him wrong . |
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94 over the top right handed, 85 side arm left handed.. nastiness |
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Eddie Layton played for the N.Y. Yankees, the N.Y Knicks and the N.Y. Rangers. Impossible record to break, so what if he was the organist (Gladys Gooding only played for the Knicks and Rangers).
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I find scoring 11 runs in one inning on (1) one hit, impressive. The "Go-Go Sox".
Last edited by sox1903wschamp; 04-24-2013 at 01:04 PM. |
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Radbourn. If somebody in the near future wins more than 59 in a season, I'd feel pretty confident that Cy Young's career number would be in jeopardy. The best season someone can realistically have in today's game would get him about half way to Radbourn, but it's possible there's some kid out there today who will, within a generation, be universally recognized as the greatest pitcher in MLB history. If that kid ends up pitching for 20 or more healthy seasons and has the good fortune to play for teams with very good offense, he'd get pretty close to 511. It's a long-shot definitely, but with the way we play the game now, not nearly as much of a long-shot as winning more than 59 in a single season.
Think of it this way. Which MLB pitcher has the best shot to win 60 games this season? I don't know the name, but it would almost certainly have to be a middle reliever for some team that has weak starting pitching and a ferociously good offense. (A starting pitcher, even one who literally pitched a perfect game every 5 days, couldn't get anywhere close.) Now think about how unlikely it is that a middle reliever in that situation, even a very good one, would even win 10 games. Then think about how rare it is for a great pitcher to be used as a middle reliever. So yeah, Radbourn. |
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Bummer in today's world of travel teams/AAU that there's so much more specialization, and so many the multi sport freaks get discouraged/weeded out earlier.. though there's still a fair amount of college football/baseball players running around. |
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