No, this post is not about Eliot Ness and his bunch, it is about baseball records that probably will never be surpassed. Records are made to be broken. No one ever thought Ruth’s 60 homers would be topped. Yet in 1961, 13 years after the Bambino died, Roger Maris did just that. The pressure of the chase caused him to lose some of his hair.
They thought no one would ever pass the Babes 714 homers either, but on April 8, 1974, Hammering Hank did just that with a blast to left off of Dodger lefty, Al Downing for # 715. Many of the unbreakable records were set in the dead ball era, so let us look at those first.
Career Wins: 511. Cy Young won 511 games over his 21-year career, 1890-1911. He had 5 seasons where he won 30 or more games with a career high 36 wins in 1892.Young also holds the record for the most compete games in a career, 749. He had nine seasons where he completed 40 or more games. 18 seasons he completed 30 or more.
Most Wins in a season: 60. Set in 1884, Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn won 60 and lost 12. His ERA that season was 1.38. In the span of two seasons, he won 108 games. He won 48 in 1883. His career record was 310-194 in 11 years. The so-called modern record was set in 1904 by Jack Chesbro when he won 41 games. Modern pitchers do not pitch enough to come close to any of these records.
The most complete games in a season was set by Will White in 1879 when he had 75. The modern record is 48 set by Jack Chesbro, photo above, in 1904. The live ball era began in 1920, and three pitchers have had 33 complete games since then, Grover Alexander, 1920, Burleigh Grimes, 1923, and Dizzy Trout in 1944. Pitchers today barely make 30 starts, so the chances of any of these records being broken is nil. The current complete games for a career leader is Justin Verlander, who has just 26 in his career.
Most career shut outs is 110, set by “The Big Train”, Walter Johnson. Johnson had 11 seasons where he recorded at least 6 shutouts. The closest pitcher to him is Grover Cleveland who recorded 90. Cleveland is also tied for the most shutouts in a season, 16 in 1916. The record was first set by George Bradley in 1876. Bob Gibson holds the live ball era mark with 13 set in 1968.
Most career no-hitters, seven by Nolan Ryan, Koufax is second with four. Doubtful that will ever be touched. Pitchers do not go that deep into games. Verlander, the active leader has three. Most career strikeouts are pretty safe too. 5714 by Ryan, Randy Johnson, the second-place pitcher had 839 fewer than Ryan. Again, safe because pitchers just don’t pitch that many innings. Safe to say his high for a season, 383 will never be touched either. Koufax still holds the record for a lefty.
Pete Rose’s record of 4,256 hits will never be touched. The only professional player other than Rose to accumulate 4,000 or more hits in his professional career was Ichiro Suzuki, who between MLB and the Japanese League put up 4,391 hits. Suzuki also holds the record for hits in a season, 262, another stat unlikely to be broken.
Most career total bases, held by Hank Aaron looks pretty unbreakable. Hammering Hank had 6,856, 600 more than Albert Pujols. The active leader, Freddie Freeman, who is 36, has 4,145. Suzuki had the most consecutive seasons with 200 or more hits, 10. A pure contact hitter could do that if he was very consistent. Doubtful though.
Career doubles, 792 set by Tris Speaker. Freddie Freeman currently the active leader has 547. Pete Rose came close, falling 46 doubles behind Speaker at the time he retired, 746. Most career triples are held by Sam Crawford at 309. Cobb is second, 14 behind him. Modern day players have little chance of approaching that total. The season record for triples is 36 set by Chief Wilson in 1916. No modern era player has had more than the 23 Curtis Granderson put up in 2007. Only five other modern era players have hit 20 or more.
Carrer batting average, .372, held by Josh Gibson of the Pittsburgh Grays. This record has only been official since the Negro League records were finally recognized by MLB in 2024. The prior career leader was Ty Cobb at .366. The record for highest BA in a season, .466, is also held by Gibson. He accomplished that in 1943. The previous record holder was Hugh Duffy who hit .440 in 1894. The last player to hit .400 or better was Ted Williams in 1941.
Most RBIs in a season, 191 by Hack Wilson. Hank Greenburg, and Lou Gehrig are the only other players to drive in more than 180. Billy Hamilton set the record for runs scored in 1894 at 198. Ruth holds the modern record at 177.
Highest career OBP is .482, this one belongs to Ted Williams. The Babe is second at .474. Since Williams retired, only five players have posted a season OBP above .482, for eight times total, Barry Bonds 4 times, Norm Cash, Mantle, Frank Thomas and Juan Soto. Bonds finished his career at .444. Active leader is Juan Soto at .417.
Most games played in a season, 165, set by Maury Wills in 1962. The three games at the end of the season added were not considered playoff games in 1962. Just an extension of the season to name a pennant winner. Now if teams tie, they play one extra game, but just like 1951, back in the day they played 3.
Most consecutive games played 2,632 set by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1998. Ripken passed Lou Gehrig’s 2,130 in 1995. Only seven players have ever played over 1000 consecutive games. Third place is held by Everett Scott, a SS who played for 14 years. All of those players played in the American League. Former Dodger, Steve Garvey holds the NL record at 1,207 games played from 1975-1983.
Longest hitting streak, 56 games set by Joe DiMaggio in 1941. Second place belongs to Willie Keeler at 45. Pete Rose hit in 44 straight in 1978. The chances of this streak ever being broken are very slim. With the emergence of specialist type pitchers, the way defenses are set up now, it just does not seem likely at all. 30 game hit streaks are even extremely rare. DiMaggio’s streak was actually 57 games if you count the fact that he got a hit in the All-Star game which was right in the middle of his streak. Immediately after the streak was broken by the Indians, Joe D. went on a 17-game hitting streak. He also holds the minor league record at 61 games set in 1933. DiMaggio’s streak also allowed him to win the AL MVP award over Ted Williams who hit .406 that year.
Most stolen bases in a season and most career stolen bases are both held by Rickey Henderson. He stole 130 bases in 1982. He was caught 42 times that year. No player has even attempted stealing 130 base since Vince Coleman in 1985. Base stealing has declined since the 1980’s but has seen a boost the last couple of years with the larger bases and new rules pertaining to pitchers and the number of times they can throw over to a base to try and pickoff a runner. His career record, 1,406, saw him lead the league in steals 12 times and included three 100 steal seasons, and thirteen seasons where he stole 50 or more.
Well, there they are, the Untouchables. Records that will stand long after we all are gone.
Shoot, I thought it was about the current Dodgers we would not trade under any circumstances:
1. Ohtani–hahahahaha
2. Yamamoto–Roberts would be fired before YY traded
3. Betts–Check the resume
4. Freeman–Extension likely
5. Smith–O Captain my Captain
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Dodgers option Ryan, Hurt to Triple-A as Opening Day pitching staff crystalizes
March 18th, 2026
Sonja Chen
GLENDALE, Ariz. — After two spring cuts, the Dodgers’ season-opening pitching staff has all but taken shape.
“Los Angeles optioned right-handers River Ryan and Kyle Hurt to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. After the moves, the Dodgers have only 14 full-time pitchers in big league camp who are both healthy and on the 40-man roster, so the Opening Day rotation and bullpen are essentially set:
Rotation: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki and Emmet Sheehan/Justin Wrobleski
Bullpen: Edwin Díaz, Tanner Scott, Alex Vesia, Blake Treinen, Jack Dreyer, Will Klein, Edgardo Henriquez, Ben Casparius and Sheehan/Wrobleski
The odd man out of those healthy, rostered pitchers in camp would appear to be right-hander Landon Knack, who should start the season as rotation depth in Oklahoma City”.
Wrobleski better be ready to go when Roki goes 3 innings. Basically, the bullpen is the World Series guys. Hurt was probably more deserving than a couple of those guys.
You are assuming a lot: “Roki can go 3?”
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Haha
Maybe three batters, not three innings. JK. Truly hope he gets it together and ends up the 7/8th inning guy. How cool would that be.
On Saturday, getaway day for the MLB team, the Dodgers Spring Breakout prospects will face off against the Chicago White Sox prospects at 2:30 PM.
Here is the Dodgers spring breakout roster:
Left-handed pitchers (4): Maddux Bruns, Cody Morse, Zach Root, Adam Serwinowski
Right-handed pitchers (4): Cam Day, Payton Martin, Marlon Nieves, Christian Zazueta
Catchers (2): Francisco Espinoza, Victor Rodrigues
Infielders (7): Moises Bolivar, Chase Harlan, Elijah Hainline, Kellon Lindsey, Emil Morales, Joendry Vargas, Logan Wagner
Outfielders (10): Charles Davalan, Josue De Paula, Zach Ehrhard, Kendall George, Zyhir Hope, Eduardo Quintero, Mike Sirota, James Tibbs III, Brendan Tunink, Landyn Vidourek
Starting lineup
Guess who plays where:
C – Espionoza
1B – Tibbs III
2B – Wagner
SS- Vargas
3B – Harlan
LF- Sirota
CF – George (HE SHOULD NOT BE HERE)
RF- Quintero
DH – Morales
Too many outfielders.
Sometimes I can see the future:
DePaula replaces Teo
Tucker opts in or gets re-signed
CF is Pages until Sirota is better
Hope is traded
Tibbs is traded
Ehrhard replaces Call
Quintero play IF on Manager Mark’s fantasy team
CF should be roamed by Erdhard with the roster provided. He was 27th on the prospect list last year. I think he moved up to 17 now. A good half for both him and Tibbs could put them in the top 10.
According to Shi Davidi of SportsNet, Logan Allen signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a Minor League contract.
“Logan Allen, fresh off a couple of appearances for Canada at the World Baseball Classic, signed a minor-league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to an industry source on Wednesday”.
Cool
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman nevertheless believes Sasaki will benefit from being part of the Opening Day rotation, per Bill Plunkett of the Southern California News Group.
“There’s obviously a big gap between Triple-A and the big leagues,” Friedman said. “With certain really talented young players that we really believe in, we think that last mile of player development is generally better served at the major-league level.
“That said, even with our established guys it’s one of continued player development. Now for some guys, that’s more on the margins. For other guys there’s more involved. But we believe very strongly that he is going to be a very successful major-league starter. Just how quickly that comes to be is a fair question. Obviously we’re going to pour everything we can into making that happen sooner rather than later and we’ll go from there.”
Future Hall of Famer Andrew Friedman knows more than all of us here. Bet it!!!!
I don’t know what or who holds the record for times discharged from hospice but today is the 2nd time for me. I remember over three years ago getting home from the hospital thjnking I’d be dead inside of 6 months. I played several sad songs which got the waterworks going before finding I was okay with checking out. I’m probably a little healthier now than I was three years ago. So so much for whatever doctors have to say. If I get hospice again I’ll go for breaking with a 3peat……why?……why not? Can’t be missed when I won’t go away. Cheers and let the season begin.
Quasimodo I just went through a 3 week period of having 3 terrible migraines a day.I stayed in bed the whole time.I ended up in the hospital and they stopped my migraines.I was having rebound headaches.Now I am having withdrawal symptoms and having a 4 pain headache almost constantly.But I can handle this . Guys if you are taking Percocet,Hydrocordone or any any pain medication be very careful how often you are taking them.Quasimodo going through that was terrible but it made much closer to my Heavenly Father.I am living my life much differently and I have a piece and happiness that I didn’t have.Now I can’t wait for this season to finally start.Go Big Blue!
Quasi you are a force
Good to hear from U Quas. Keep the faith.
I hope we are both here to see the 3 peat.
What we are watching, the Golden Age of Dodger Baseball is a cherry on top of being a Dodger fan our whole life.
HERE IS YOUR OPENING DAY STARTING LINEUP!!!!!!
9:05 PM ET
Padres (90-72)
Dodgers (93-69)
SPMarco Gonzales L
0-0 .00 ERA
SP Y. Yamamoto R
0-0 .00 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
RF Kyle Tucker L
SS Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
C Will Smith R
LF T. Hernandez R
3B Max Muncy L
CF Andy Pages R
2B Miguel Rojas R
103° Wind 5 mph Out
Yes it is
Why are you calling this opening day?
He’s saying this will be the same starting lineup as Opening Day.
Kim may start at 2B….
Dude, do you have a bone to pick with AVF? First you hit him for misspelling Ohtani’s name, now this. Stop picking the fly shit outta the pepper. Andrew V. probably has more baseball knowledge than you will ever have.
I thought you would be smart enough to figure it out, but I guess I was wrong!
Stacked
Behind star-studded rotation, Dodgers boast bevy of intriguing young arms
March 19th, 2026
Jim Callis
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Even while winning the last two World Series, the Dodgers have had difficulty keeping pitchers healthy. Not including openers, they employed 11 different starters in 2024 and 14 last season.
But bad news for the rest of baseball. Not only can Los Angeles run out four All-Stars — Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow — when they’re all healthy, but it also has a number of intriguing arms rising through a farm system rated No. 2 by MLB Pipeline.
While all five of the Dodgers’ Top 100 Prospects are hitters, right-hander River Ryan and left-hander Jackson Ferris have ranked on the list in the past. Righties Christian Zazueta and Marlon Nieves and lefties Adam Serwinowski and Zach Root have upward mobility and could land on the Top 100 in the near future. Ryan, Ferris, Zazueta and Serwinowski all arrived via trades, a tribute to the organization’s ability to add prospect talent while simultaneously pursuing championships.
You just never have enough pitching,” vice president of player development Will Rhymes said. “We do have a lot of depth on the pitching side, and a lot of quality as well. We feel good about the starting pitchers throughout the system and we have some interesting relievers as well. Our acquisition teams do a good job of identifying traits we can help and our pitching guys do a phenomenal job.”
RIP Chuck Norris. One of my favorite action stars. Met him years ago at a Gary Morris concert in Gardena. Nice guy, no relation.
No relation????
Chuck Norris chopped down his family tree with his bare hands.