Still Standing After All These Years: Twelve of Baseball's Longest Standing Records
- ISBN-10
- 078640230X
- ISBN-13
- 9780786402304
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company
- Author
- Vic Debs
Description
The maxim that records are made to be broken is as old as it is true. The Iron Horse's 2,130 consecutive games finally was tapped, but still there are a few long-standing records in baseball that seem almost out of reach. Most historians consider Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak unbreakable; however, few realize that Paul Waner's 14-game extra-base hitting streak has stood much longer than DiMaggio's string. Relief specialists have only recently become integral players, but none has been able to break Walter Johnson's record of 15 strikeouts in a single relief appearance.
Will anyone hit over .400 again? Possibly. But what are the chances that someone will break Rogers Hornsby's season hitting record of .424? Or Hack Wilson's 190 RBIs in one season? Through interviews with many of the players, their teammates and others and extensive original research, twelve of the game's longest standing records are covered in great detail. Also thoroughly examined is why the marks have stood for so long.
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