7 obscure MLB records that will never be broken

7 obscure MLB records that will never be broken

I can think of three modern records which are not at all obscure that will never be broken. (Before 1893, the pitcher was tossing it in from 50 feet, so we'll look only at records during the era of the modern pitching distance.)

Most World Series Games: Yogi Berra 75. If the average World Series goes six games, you'd need to make the World Series 13 times to have a chance. In today's age, with so many levels of playoffs, we're not going to see anyone in the World Series in 13 different years. Derek Jeter reached approximately half of Yogi's total - 38 games.

Most losses: Nolan Ryan 292. Even 200 is almost unattainable. Among active pitchers, Sabathia and Beuhrle are probably the only guys with a shot at 200. CC would need to lose 12 per year for six years, which is possible because he's only 34. Beuhrle is the active leader with 160 losses, and is still going strong at 36. He has nine consecutive years without a losing season, so he could make it another four years with a bit of luck. (By the way, he's only had one losing season in his career, and that one was 12-13.) But 292 losses? Think about it. You have to lose 20 a year for 15 years. Not gonna happen.

Nolan Ryan also gave up 2795 walks. That is totally unbreakable. The second highest total in history is 1833 (Carlton). Think about that. In Carlton's last ten full seasons, he averaged 82 walks per year. If he could have added 11 more full seasons like that at the end of his career, keeping up the same pace until age 54, he would STILL not have broken the record. And he had the second-highest total of all time! The active leader is Sabathia, with 894. Nobody - not one single pitcher in one single year - has walked as many as 100 in a season in the past three seasons, and the average amount needed to lead the league has been about 88. So in order to break the record, a pitcher would have to lead the league in walks allowed for something like 32 consecutive years.