Forget 56 Games, Try Breaking 511

You recently published a narrative of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak of 1941, calling it the baseball record that will never be broken.

I submit that the record that will not be broken until the rules of the game are radically revised (or until the human body changes) is Cy Young’s 511 games won. Only one other pitcher has won over 400 (Walter Johnson, 416) and of all pitchers active in the last 60 years, the leader is Warren Spahn (363).

Nolan Ryan may have the strongest arm ever and he has just over 300 victories.

M.H. CHAMBERS

Los Angeles