Who has the safest career stat lead??

[nolanfan34]

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ryans K record probably doesnt get touched

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Seriously though, I agree that things like Cy Young's win record are the safest.

If you limit it to records set in the last half of the century, then I think Gretzky's scoring records are the most untouchable. And not just because there's no hockey right now.

[JPinAZ]

Gretsky's records will probably stand because of the mess the NHL is in.

I'd say that someone would pass Nolan Ryan on the strikeout list before someone passes Rickey Henderson's 1406 career SBs . The total runs scored record is another one. Henderson is at the top with 2295 but Bonds has 2070, so a couple more years (depending on how he recovers) and it will be his.

[groo]

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I'd say that someone would pass Nolan Ryan on the strikeout list before someone passes Rickey Henderson's 1406 career SBs

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Ricky's SB record is incredible, but when steroid use wains and the long ball subsides, SB's become important again and some one will get there.

Ryan's 5700+ K's will be more difficult to reach, though better medical technology will keep hard throwers around longer in the future.

But no one will EVER even approach 511 wins.

[jba]

yep that's better


(I guess I lied, I wasn't that surprised after all)

[Voltron87]

Ripken's record is never going to be broken, mostly since it's a pretty useless record and no one is going to try for it.

[Sykes]

Gretsky's records for goals/assists/points.

[ArchAngel71857]

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Gretsky's records for goals/assists/points.

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[tech]

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Gretsky's records for goals/assists/points.

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Particularly since the NHL might cease to exist.

[Lazymeatball]

So what kind of records did people talk about as 'never going to be broken' before they got broken. What did people say about the homerun record back in '85. Did anyone ever care about the consecutive games played record before Ripken jr broke it. Have records that at first seemed like they would be impossible to break ever been broken before? I don't know any sports history to give poignant examples so I'm asking for help here.

[CheckFold]

Well on Lou Gerhig's HOF plaque it mentioned that his record was "meant to stand for all time" so people pretty much saw that as unbreakable. Bob Beamon's long jump was thought to be unbreakable for a long time as well.