Which Amazing Records Will NEVER Be Broken?
- Cary Greene
- Feb 9
- 2 min read
by Cary Greene
February 9, 2026
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I was doing some fun baseball research and was looking at some of baseball's all-time records. I made a list (certainly not all) of records that will never be broken.
These are listed below...
Which amazing records below do you think will NEVER be broken?
(Editor's note - This question was posed to our writers for the Tuesday Discussion tomorrow as well...)
191 RBI's, Single Season -- Hack Wilson, record has stood for 96-years. To me this is the greatest of the greatest records.
2,297 RBI's, Career -- Hank Aaron's record has stood for 50-years.
262 Hits, Single Season -- Ichiro Suzuki, record has stood for 22-years now, ever since he broke George Sisler's 84-year old record of 257 hits in a single season.
4,256 Hits, Career - Pete Rose's record has stood for 40-years,, during the 1985 season, Rose broke Ty Cobb's then all-time record of 4,191 career hits.
130 Steals (Modern Era), Single Season -- Rickey Henderson's record has stood for 44 years, ever since broke Lou Brock's then all-time record of 118 steals in 1974.
62 Home Runs, Single Season, Non PED Aided -- Aaron Judge's non PED aided home run record, breaking the previou record of 61 home runs, which was set by Roger Maris - ironically, 61 years previously.
755 Home Runs, Career, Non PED Aided -- Hank Aaron's record has stood for 50-years. He surpassed Babe Ruth's record of 714 dingers in 1974.
62 Saves, Single Season -- Francisco Rodriquez's record has stood for 18-years and counting. The previous single season record was set by Bobby Thigpen in 1990.
652 Saves, Career -- Mariano Rivera's record has now stood for 13-years and counting! In 2011, Rivera surpassed the previous record holder, Trevor Hoffman, who saved 601 games.
383 Strikeouts, Single Season, Modern Era -- Nolan Ryan's record has stood for 53 years! (He pitched 326-innings when he accomplished the feat in 1973) Ryan broke the previous single season record for K's, which was held by Sandy Koufax who recorded 382 in 1965, across 335.2 innings pitched that year.
54 HR/59 Steals -- The only member ever of the 50/50 Club -- Shohei Ohtani recorded a whopping 54 home runs during the 2024 season, while also swiping 59 steals while only being caught 4 times. The previous best ever performance in this category was set in 2023 by Ronald Acuña Jr, who had 41 home runs and 73 steals.
Ty Cobb: Career .366 Avg. Unbreakable? Maybe the MOST unbreakable record of all time, no? Nolan Ryan recorded 5,714 Career K's too, not too shabby.
The all-time leader since 1903 is Ed Walsh, who developed severe, career-ending arm trouple following the 1912 season, due to extreme overuse. After pitching over 360 innings in five of six seasons (1907–1912), his arm "went dead" and experienced intense, chronic pain beginning in 1913, forcing him into a diminished role before his retirement. In his later years, he suffered from chronic arthritus in his right arm. And just think, Will White pitched 680 innings in 1879 and there were no less than 217 names (many the same), that pitched more innings than Walsh did in various single seasons. Ureal!
How about team achievements that will never be broken??? New York Yankees winning 27 world championships. No other teams or professional sports will ever come close in our lifetime.
Of the list, 383 strikeouts in a season. If a pitcher has 32 starts averaging 7 IP,. that's 224 innings and 672 outs, so 57% of outs would have to be K's. Ryan threw 326 innings for 978 outs, a K rate of 39%. No one is going to throw 300 innings in a season again. For the same reasons, the single-season and career shutout records are safe.
One record I feel safe saying will never be broken is Johnny Vander Meer's back to back no hitters. To break it, someone would have to throw 3 in a row. Not happening!