The Ten Most Unbreakable Baseball Records

Career and Season, These Are as Untouchable as They Get

It's always dangerous to label a record "unbreakable" but despite 150 years of history, 105 in the "modern era" of baseball, there are some records that just don't look touchable. Here's the ten most unbreakable records in baseball, roughly in order of "stone cold lock to stand forever" down to technically possible, but not bloody likely.

1. Cy Young, 511 career wins

It doesn't get more unbreakable than this. There's a reason the all time award is named after this man. I can't see ever viewing 400 wins again, and as pitching rotations get deeper and deeper, finding 300 wins is going to become a once in 15-20 year thing. Announcers on ESPN in 2007 argued after Tom Glavine reached 300 that the 300 win milestone might never happen again. Cy Young pitched when there were three man rotations and you pitched the whole game. That's just not the case anymore.

Nolan Ryan barely made 300 wins, and the active all time leader is Roger Clemens, who is around 160 short. Not happening. Ever. Incidentally, Cy Young's career loss record, which is over 300, is also probably unbreakable.

2. Sam Crawford, 309 career triples

This record has stood since 1917 and seems unfathomable when you break down the math. Steve Finley is the current career leader with 124 in 19 years. Current major league player Carl Crawford (just something about that last name) is a triples machine-he's the best that has shown up in a lifetime, with a stunning 74 triples in six seasons. Which only means he only has to keep up this almost inhuman pace for another 19 straight injury free seasons averaging 13 triples a year. Not likely.

3. Johnny Vander Meer's 2 consecutive no hitters

The fact that this record even exists is one of those one in a trillion statistical flukes. The chances of even a great pitcher throwing a no hitter are miniscule. Throwing back to back no hitters has happened only once in the history of baseball. So what are the chances that someone actually breaks this by pitching three no hitters in a row? You hate to say never . . . but uh, never.

4. Nap Lajoie single season batting average .427