Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak began 70 years ago today

[Auggie]

a record that will in all likelihood never be broken.


Same for Cal Ripken Jr's consecutive game playing streak of 2,632

Rickey Henderson's all time stolen base record of 1,270

Cy Young's complete game record of 749 (that's a no-brainer)



Just a few. Post others...

[givemebackmycountry]

1. Here is one...

Ted Williams was the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941).
That's a LOCK.

And one more... (a maybe)

Pete Rose, a switch hitter, is the all-time Major League leader in hits (4,256).

[JonLP24]

2. Brett

hit .390 and Gwynn hit .394. Of course .406 is better but those are also very impressive numbers. Only reason why I point that out is a couple months ago I read an article on Deadspin about how humans are attracted to round numbers and used baseball to show that. They went through the the at-bats and every batter from 1975 to 2009 that was batting .299 in their final at bat never drew a walk. They don't get credit for an at-bat and their average doesn't move with a walk. Also players with .300 on the last day of the season are more likely to take the day off. Which is crazy because it is a difference of .001 but it means higher salaries for those with .300 than those who are close.

The article also explained the way humans are attracted to round numbers shows up in other areas of life. Market research for grocery stores that show that people are more likely to pay for something that is $9.99 than something that is $10.00. It also showed the same when cars were slightly under 100,000 miles selling for much more than a car that is slightly over.

Anyways I found that article interesting and noticed the things the article is talked about all over the place. I often ride a bus near a McDonalds and see on their big sign, chicken nuggets for $4.99 so it shows there is some truth. They could of put $5.00 on their big sign but they know less people would probably come in for chicken nuggets. :)

On edit-Heh, I just noticed the OP is a round number. The psychological effect of round numbers is probably the reason why Auggie didn't do a 69 years to do this day thread last year. ;)