Friday, October 05, 2012
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This one is for bigger baseball fans than me: Is winning the triple crown the most difficult achievement in sports? Miguel Cabrera is the first to do it in 45 years, which sure makes is sound difficult. Most of the other candidates I saw mentioned were career numbers, which seem to be quite a bit different than a single-season accomplishment.
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Whew. Um, that's a pretty interesting question...most difficult achievement in sports? When framed that way, you really have to know your sports awards/stats/trivia from the Big 3. I won't include Hockey, not because it's not important, but statistics aren't what they are compared to other sports, nor are they as well known. Not as many of us have the played the game or followed it to get a true appreciation of the difficulty of their historical records.
So, what would be equivalent to the Triple Crown in other sports or just another difficult feat in baseball? It's something that took 45 years, but yet was accomplished in back-to-back years.
I'd have to say hitting .400 in a season as the most difficult achievement in sports.
Basketball's "triple crown" might be the "triple-double" for an entire season. Magic Johnson was the type of player to put those types of numbers together because scoring was easy, he was passing the ball to legends, and he got a lot of rebounds because of his height and his defensive position. (He was guarding people closer to the basket whereas most "guards" are defending another "guard" position player.) Yet, I don't think he averaged a Triple-Double for the season.
2000 yards rushing in a football season is pretty impressive. So many factors play into that, especially your health and is there another running back getting your touches?
This question is not quite the same as "Which record in sports or individual sports is the most famous/significant or will never be broken?"
For example, hitting a hole-in-one in golf is difficult, but it's all luck, yet has been accomplished hundreds of times.
HR's and RBI's have a connection. If you hit a HR, typically runners will be on base, so your will gain RBI's as well. But your batting average doesn't necessarily connect with the other two.
Demaggio's (spelling?) 56 Straight game hit streak will probably never be broken. Ichiro hit in the high .300's I think. I realize he never broke .400 but those 2 have to be the most difficult.
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