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June 19, 2006
Which baseball record do you think will never be broken?
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June 19, 2006

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Which baseball record do you think will never be broken?

Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games played
42%

Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak
23%

Cy Young's 511 career wins
13%

Pete Rose's 4,256 career hits
7%

FAST FACTS Nolan Ryan's career strikeouts (5,714) was fifth (2.5%).... Hank Aaron's career home runs (755) was eighth (1.9%); Barry Bonds trailed him by 39 homers through Monday.... In the last 75 years Warren Spahn (363 wins) is the only pitcher to have come within 150 wins of Young's record.... Among active players, the Astros' Roger Clemens leads with 341 wins, his teammate Craig Biggio leads with 2,861 hits, and the Orioles' Miguel Tejada leads with 982 consecutive games played.

[ Based on a survey of 470 MLB players ]

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