Not All Are Made to be Broken : The Records

“Unbreakable records” in the major sports:

BASEBALL

* Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, 1941.

* Henry Aaron’s 755 lifetime home runs, 1974.

* Pete Rose’s 4,256 lifetime hits, 1985.

* Cal Ripken Jr.’s ongoing consecutive-games streak.

* Cy Young’s 511 lifetime victories, 1911.

* Rogers Hornsby’s single-season .424 batting average, 1924.

* Hack Wilson’s single-season 190 runs batted in, 1930.

* Earl Webb’s single-season 67 doubles, 1931.

* Babe Ruth’s single-season 177 runs scored, 1921.

* Ty Cobb’s .367 lifetime batting average, 1928.

* Carl Yastrzemski and Brooks Robinson’s 23 seasons spent with one team, the Red Sox and Orioles, respectively.

* Cobb’s 23 seasons with an average over .300

* Nolan Ryan’s lifetime 5,714 strikeouts, 1993

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

* UCLA Coach John Wooden’s 10 NCAA championships, 1975

* UCLA’s seven consecutive championships, 1967 through ’73.

* UCLA’s 88-game winning streak, which ended in 1974.

* Clarence “Bevo” Francis’ 113 points scored for Ohio’s Rio Grande College against Hillsdale, 1953-54 season.

* Bill Chambers’ 51 rebounds for William & Mary against Virginia, 1952-53.

NBA

* The Boston Celtics’ eight consecutive titles, 1959 through ’66.

* The Lakers’ 33 consecutive victories, 1971-72.

* Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-points scored for the Philadelphia Warriors against New York, 1961-62.

* Chamberlain’s average of 48.5 minutes a game, 1961-62.

* Chamberlain’s average of 27.2 rebounds a game, 1960-61.

* Chamberlain’s single-game 55 rebounds, 1960-61.

* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387 points, 1989.

* Michael Jordan’s 10 scoring titles, 1986-87 through 1997-98.

* Jordan’s 30.8-point lifetime scoring average through the end of the 1997-98 season.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

* Oklahoma’s 47 consecutive victories, 1953 through ’57.

NFL

* Johnny Unitas’ 47 consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass, 1956 through ’60.

* Tampa Bay’s 26-game losing streak, 1976 and ’77.

* Akron’s 13 consecutive games without allowing a point, 1920 and ’21.

NHL

* Wayne Gretzky’s ongoing accumulations of 885 goals, 1,910 assists and 2,795 points, through the end of 1997-98.

* Goaltender Terry Sawchuk’s 103 lifetime shutouts, 1970.

* Dave “Tiger” Williams’ 3,966 lifetime penalty minutes, 1988.