Longest Standing Baseball records that were broken

[ucffans]

Long-standing Records that were broken
1. Hits (single season): 257 - George Sisler (1920)
» Broken: Ichiro Suzuki (259) in 2004 (84 yrs)

2. Slugging Percentage (single season): .847 - Babe Ruth (1920)
» Broken: Barry Bonds (.863) in 2001 (81 yrs)

3. Base on Balls (single season): 170 - Babe Ruth (1923)
» Broken: Barry Bonds (177) in 2001 (78 yrs)

4. Career Runs: 2,246 - Ty Cobb (retired 1928)
» Broken: R. Henderson (2,295) in 2001 (73 yrs)

5. Career Base on Balls: 2,062 - Babe Ruth (retired 1935)
» Broken: R. Henderson (2,190) in 2001 (66 yrs)

6. On base percentage (single season): .553 - Ted Williams (1941)
» Broken: Barry Bonds (.582) in 2002 (61 yrs)

[key2win]

Very interesting facts.