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Really
 Unbreakable Records: 
Th
  e Sports Edition
BASEBALL
The Record:
 54 wins by a pitcher in a season
The Record Holder:
 Al Spalding, Boston Braves, 1875
It’s Unbreakable Because:
 Pitchers never even 
play
 54 games 
a season anymore. Th
  ese days, major-league baseball teams 
rotate at least four starting pitchers so hard-throwing arms 
have time to rest.
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The Record:
 868 home runs in a professional baseball career
The Record Holder:
 Sadaharu Oh
It’s Unbreakable Because:
 It’s a lot. Sadaharu Oh was the 
Barry Bonds of Japanese professional baseball—he was never 
terribly well liked (due largely to the fact that he was partly of 
Chinese origin), but during a 21-year career that ended in 
1980, Oh hit 113 more home runs than Hank Aaron, Ameri-
ca’s home-run king since 1974.