There have been two historic home run chases this fall.
Albert Pujols ended his Hall of Fame career with more than 700 home runs, making him the fourth player in baseball history to reach that mark.
On Tuesday night, Judge hit his 62nd home run of the season, moving him past Roger Maris for the most homers in a single season in American League history. Judge's total is the seventh highest in baseball history.
The question is whetherRecords are made to be broken or not.
There are 6 reasons the sports world knows Peoria.
There are 12 baseball records that are most likely to stand forever.
Cal Ripken Jr. played 2,632 games in an MLB career that ended when he took himself out of the lineup. Since that time, only one player has reached 1000 games. There are built-in days off in this era.
Barry Bonds broke Babe Ruth's record for walks in a single season in 2004.
Nolan Ryan struck out 5,714 times in his Hall of Fame career. It's not likely that anyone will have the longevity required to beat that. Verlander is the current MLB active leader with 3,198 games played. The two of them are at 3,194.
Over 120 years ago, Cy Young won 511 times. Greg Maddux is eighth on the baseball list with 355.
Baseball Hall of Famers with ties to Peoria are the best.
Since Ted Williams retired at.344 in 1960, Ty Cobb's.366 career batting average has not been challenged. Minimum 500 career games and 3000 plate appearances is the minimum for MLB's active career leader.
Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ended against the Cleveland Indians in 1941. The Cincinnati lefty did it against the Braves and Dodgers.
Rickey Henderson had 130 steals in the 1982 season and finished with 1,406 for his career. The current active leader is Dee Strange-Gordon, who has 336 in 11 years. The stolen base record is safe in an era of swinging planes and power hitting.
The greatest baseball players of all time played on a Canton field.
Ed Walsh pitched in 464 games in his career. There were 49 starts and 17 relief appearances. 200 is considered a huge workload for baseball pitchers.
Is it true that most All-Star Game appearances? Hank had more than 20.
Even though his single-season mark of 73 could be doable, Barry Bonds' mark of 762 career home runs seems out of reach. There are only two active MLB players who have reached 500: Pujols and Cabrera.
There were two no-hitters in 1938. The Cincinnati lefty did it against the Braves and Dodgers.
Pete Rose set a new record for most career hits in 1985 with 4,252. The leader as of this week is Albert Pujols, who is 42 years old.
Dave Eminian is a sports columnist for the Journal Star. He is the sports columnist for pjstar.com. He can be reached by email at deminian@pjstar.com You can follow him on the social networking site.
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