27 MLB records that will never be broken
On a long enough timeline any record could conceivably be broken before baseball ceases to exist. However, the one – or rather the three – listed here will never, ever, be broken.
Connie Mack began his managing career as a player/manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates at age 31 in 1894 and held the position until 1896 – the tail end of an 11-year big league career. Five years later, he took over the Philadelphia Athletics of the new American League. He held that position considerably longer.
For 50 years, Mack was the manager, treasurer and a part owner of the A’s. He retired in 1950 at the age of 88. During his time in Philadelphia, Mack managed a record 7,755 games, won 3,731 of them and lost 3,948. None of those three marks is likely to ever be challenged, let alone broken.
In fact, John McGraw – one of Mack’s contemporaries in the early 20th Century – won the second most games all-time, 2,763, and lost 1,948. That’s nearly 1,000 fewer wins and exactly 2,000 fewer losses.
Numbers three through five on the all-time wins list include Tony LaRussa, who was 2,728-2,365, Bobby Cox (2,504-2,001) and Joe Torre (2,326-1,997). All are in the Hall of Fame and none came close to any of Mack’s career numbers.
Job security isn’t what it used to be, and we’ll never see another manager at his post for 50 seasons. And because of that, we’ll never witness a manager win more or lose more than Connie Mack.
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