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The season interception record is the most ridiculous thing in all of sports. (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Hbimajorv@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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Set by Richard "night train" lane at 14 picks during his rookie season in 1952. With modern rules and schemes I just don't think anyone ever gets close.

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[–] ghostinthepost51@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Cy Young's Complete Game record in Baseball is even crazier.

Young threw 749 Complete Games. The active leader in Complete Games is 40 year old Justin Verlander, who has 26

[–] CheckYourStats@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

To put the sheer number of innings Cy Young pitched into perspective:

Nolan Ryan was a starting pitcher for 27 years. He is the All-time Strikeout leader. He started 773 games.

If Nolan Ryan had pitched a complete game in every single game of his career, he would still have pitched 400 less innings than Cy Young.

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