Significant Numbers in Sports

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Zero: Shutout. Number of times Wilt Chamberlain fouled out in 1,045 NBA games. Time left when the final buzzer sounds. Love, in tennis.

00: Jim Otto. Robert Parish.

1/8: Eddie Gaedel.

One: Oscar Robertson. Billy Martin. Pee Wee Reese. Fred Hutchinson. Ozzie Smith. Terry Sawchuk. Bernie Parent. Foam fingers. We're No. 1! Hole-in-one.

1.12: Bob Gibson's ERA in 1968 that prompted lowering of pitcher's mound.

2: Tim Horton. Doug Harvey. Eddie Shore. Nellie Fox. Derek Jeter. Tommy Lasorda.

3: Dale Earnhardt. Babe Ruth. Harmon Killebrew. Bronko Nagurski. Jan Stenerud. Allen Iverson. Three strikes, three outs. Hat trick. Periods in hockey. Triple Crown. Super Bowl III.

4: Bobby Orr. Lou Gehrig. Joe Cronin. Jean Beliveau. Four Horsemen. Four downs, bases and quarters. Final Four. Four-minute mile. Consecutive Super Bowl losses by the Buffalo Bills. Gold medals won by Al Oerter in the discus, Carl Lewis in the long jump.

5: Joe DiMaggio. Hank Greenberg. Brooks Robinson. Johnny Bench. George Brett. Denis Potvin.

6: Julius Erving, with the Philadelphia 76ers. Al Kaline. Stan Musial. Bill Russell. Sixth man. Pat Summitt's NCAA women's basketball titles at Tennessee.

6-4-3: Pitcher's best friend, the double play.

7: Mickey Mantle. John Elway. David Beckham. Phil Esposito. Pete Maravich, with the New Orleans and Utah Jazz and Boston Celtics. Rod Gilbert. Seventh-inning stretch. Gold medals won by Mark Spitz in 1972. Nolan Ryan's no-hitters. Game 7 to end a playoff series. NBA teams coached by Larry Brown.

8: Bill Dickey. Yogi Berra. Carl Yastrzemski. Willie Stargell. Joe Morgan. Cal Ripken Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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9: Ted Williams. Roger Maris. Minnie Minoso. Bill Mazeroski. Gordie Howe. Bobby Hull. Maurice Richard. Sonny Jurgensen. Mia Hamm. Title IX. Innings.

10: Pele. Guy Lafleur. Dick Howser. Phil Rizzuto. Walt Frazier. Fran Tarkenton. Nadia Comaneci's perfect score. Frames in bowling. Titles by UCLA basketball in 12 years under John Wooden. Ten count in boxing. Height, in feet, of the rim in basketball.

10.49: Florence Griffith-Joyner's record in the 100, in seconds.

11: Luis Aparicio. Norm Van Brocklin. Phil Simms. Elvin Hayes. Isiah Thomas. Gilbert Perreault. Mark Messier. NBA championships won over 13 seasons by the Boston Celtics. Number of Triple Crown winners. Consecutive golf tournaments won by Byron Nelson in 1945. Consecutive division titles won by the Atlanta Braves.

12: Joe Namath. Roger Staubach. John Brodie. Bob Griese. Terry Bradshaw. Ken Stabler. Jim Kelly.

13: Wilt the Stilt. Don Maynard. Dan Marino. Degrees below zero when the Green Bay Packers won the "Ice Bowl" against the Dallas Cowboys in 1967.

14: Larry Doby. Ernie Banks. Otto Graham. Y.A. Tittle. Dan Fouts. Bob Cousy. Pete Rose. A.J. Foyt. Most men's Grand Slam tennis titles, by Pete Sampras.

15: Thurman Munson. Bart Starr. Jack Kemp. Earl Monroe.

16: Frank Gifford. Len Dawson. Jim Plunkett. Joe Montana. Whitey Ford. Bob Lanier. Bobby Clarke. Consecutive wins in horse racing by Citation and Cigar.

17: John Havlicek. Dizzy Dean. Doug Williams. Wins in Dolphins' perfect season in 1972.

18: Dave Cowens. Holes in golf. Most golf majors, by Jack Nicklaus.

19: Johnny Unitas. Steve Yzerman. Bob Feller. Willis Reed. Lenny Wilkens. 19th hole.

19.32: Michael Johnson's record in the 200 meters.

20: Barry Sanders. Frank Robinson. Lou Brock. Mike Schmidt. Strikeouts in a game by Roger Clemens, Kerry Wood.

21: Dave Bing. Dominique Wilkins. Warren Spahn. Roberto Clemente. Stan Mikita. Blackjack. Points to win in ping-pong.

22: Elgin Baylor. Dave DeBusschere. Jim Palmer. Bobby Layne. Bob Hayes. Doug Flutie.

221/2: Michael Strahan's NFL sacks record.

23: His Airness. Calvin Murphy. Felipe Alou. Don Mattingly. LeBron James.

24: Willie Mays. Walter Alston. Rickey Henderson. Ken Griffey Jr. Jeff Gordon. Sam Jones. Bill Bradley. Rick Barry. Dawn Staley. Lenny Moore. The NBA shot clock, in seconds.

25: K.C. Jones. Mark McGwire. Barry Bonds.

26: World Series won by the New York Yankees. Miles in a marathon (plus 385 yards).

27: Juan Marichal. Carlton Fisk for Red Sox. Consecutive outs in a perfect game.

28: Abner Haynes. Davey Allison. Willie Galimore. Darrell Green.

29: Rod Carew. Bob Beamon's long jump record in 1968 (29 feet, 21/2 inches).

30: Maury Wills. Martin Brodeur.

31: Dave Winfield. Greg Maddux. Lengths by which Secretariat won the Belmont to take the 1973 Triple Crown. Wins by Denny McLain for the world champion Detroit Tigers in 1968.

32: Jim Brown. Elston Howard. Sandy Koufax. O.J. Simpson. Franco Harris. Steve Carlton. Bill Walton. Magic Johnson. Kevin McHale. Karl Malone.

33: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Larry Bird. Sammy Baugh. Patrick Ewing. Tony Dorsett. Patrick Roy. Honus Wagner. Eddie Murray. Innings of the longest baseball game, Pawtucket vs. Rochester. Los Angeles Lakers' NBA-record winning streak.

34: Walter Payton. Earl Campbell. Herschel Walker. Cookie Gilchrist. Fernando Valenzuela. Charles Barkley. Hakeem Olajuwon. Thurman Thomas. Austin Carr.

35: Paul "Tank" Younger. Alan Ameche. Total Olympic sports. Most wins in a men's Division I college basketball season, by UNLV in 1989-90. Philadelphia Flyers' record unbeaten streak .

36: Meadowlark Lemon. Jerome Bettis. Walter Johnson's victories in 1913.

37: Casey Stengel. Doak Walker. Joe Delaney.

38: Curt Schilling.

39: Larry Csonka. Dominik Hasek. Roy Campanella. Dave Parker.

40: Gale Sayers. Tom Brookshier.

41: Eddie Mathews. Tom Seaver. Brian Piccolo. Wes Unseld.

42: Jackie Robinson. Connie Hawkins. Nate Thurmond. James Worthy. Sid Luckman. Charley Taylor. Paul Warfield.

43: Richard Petty. Rico Carty.

44: Hank Aaron. Jerry West. Reggie Jackson. Willie McCovey. George Gervin. Jim Brown (at Syracuse). Ernie Davis. Floyd Little. John Riggins. Derrick Coleman. Hank Gathers.

45: Bob Gibson. Pedro Martinez. Ernie Davis. Rudy Tomjanovich.

46: Buddy Ryan's defense.

47: Johnny U's consecutive games with a TD pass. Oklahoma's NCAA Division I record football winning streak.

48: NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson's Chevrolet.

49: Bobby Mitchell. Rocky Marciano's career boxing wins without a loss. Most aces in a Grand Slam match, by Richard Krajicek vs. Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the 1999 U.S. Open.

50: Mike Singletary. David Robinson.

51: Dick Butkus. Randy Johnson. Ichiro Suzuki.

52: Mike Webster. Ray Lewis. Cards in a deck.

53: Don Drysdale. Darryl Dawkins.

54: Leroy Jordan, at Alabama. Randy White. Goose Gossage.

55: Junior Seau. Most points scored by a team in the Super Bowl, by the 49ers.

56: DiMaggio's hitting streak. Lawrence Taylor.

57: Darryl Kile. Dwight Stephenson.

58: Jack Lambert. Most points scored in a Final Four game, by Bill Bradley.

59: Lowest golf score on PGA Tour, first done by Al Geiberger. Lowest on LPGA Tour, only done by Annika Sorenstam.

60: Tommy Nobis. Chuck Bednarik. Home runs by Babe Ruth in a single season.

61: *.

62: Jim Langer. Charley Trippi.

63: Lee Roy Selmon. Willie Lanier. Longest NFL field goal, by Tom Dempsey and Jason Elam. Most points in an NBA playoff game, by Michael Jordan.

64: NCAA tournament teams after play-in game.

65: Elvin Bethea.

66: Mario Lemieux. Ray Nitschke. Yards run the wrong way by Minnesota Viking Jim Marshall vs. San Francisco for a 49ers safety.

67: Most doubles in a season, by Earl Webb of the Red Sox in 1931.

68: Jaromir Jagr.

69: Conrad Dobler.

70: Art Donovan. Sam Huff. Mark McGwire's short-lived single-season home run record. Record consecutive wins in Division I women's basketball, by Connecticut.

71: Alex Karras. Games won in a row by Power Memorial High School, led by Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

72: Carlton Fisk for White Sox. Dan Dierdorf. William "The Refrigerator" Perry.

73: John Hannah. Barry Bonds' single season home run record. Philadelphia 76ers' record losses in an NBA season. Points scored by Chicago Bears in 1940 NFL title-game shutout vs. Washington.

74: Merlin Olsen. Bob Lilly.

75: Deacon Jones. "Mean" Joe Greene.

76: Lou Groza.

77: Red Grange. Korey Stringer. Ray Bourque. Paul Coffey.

78: Bobby Bell. Bruce Smith.

79: Bob St. Clair.

80: Kellen Winslow. Jerry Rice. Losing streak in football by Prairie View, an NCAA record.

81: Dick "Night Train" Lane. Carl Eller. Art Monk. Tim Brown.

82: Raymond Berry. John Stallworth.

83: Ted Hendricks. Andre Reed.

84: Bob Trumpy. Sterling Sharpe. Randy Moss.

85: Nick Buoniconti.

86: Buck Buchanan. Career record World Cup ski victories, by Ingemar Stenmark.

87: Willie Davis. Dave Casper.

88: Alan Page. Consecutive wins by UCLA basketball team in 1970s. Wins by Kathy Whitworth, most by any pro golfer.

89: Gino Marchetti. Mike Ditka.

90: Julius Peppers. Vonnie Holliday. Feet between bases.

91: Seconds for Mike Tyson to defeat Michael Spinks.

92: Reggie White. Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record goals in a season, 1981-82.

93: Kevin Carter. John Randle.

94: Length, in feet, of a basketball court.

95: Richard Dent.

96: Ty Cobb's stolen bases in 1915, baseball's record until Maury Wills broke it (with 104) in 1962.

97: Kurt Busch.

98: Tom Harmon, at Michigan.

99: Wayne Gretzky. George Mikan. Warren Sapp. Mark Gastineau.

100: Wilt Chamberlain's points in a 1962 NBA game. Yards on a football field.

107: Consecutive 400-meter hurdles finals won by Edwin Moses.

108: Goals by Mia Hamm in 1999 that made her the all-time leading scorer in international soccer.

130: Rickey Henderson's stolen bases in 1982.

138: High school record of consecutive football wins, still active, by De La Salle (Concord, Calif.).

162: Games in a baseball season.

200: The Mendoza Line (.200 batting). Richard Petty's career victories in NASCAR.

215: Wayne Gretzky's points in the 1985-86 season.

222: Points scored by Georgia Tech in shutout football win against Cumberland in 1916.

300: Perfect game in bowling. Benchmark for batting average, passing yards in a game for a quarterback and a pitcher's career wins.

.367: Ty Cobb's lifetime batting average.

.406: Ted Williams batting average in 1941, last .400 hitter in major league history.

408: Eddie Robinson's career win total at Grambling.

.424: Rogers Hornsby's single-season batting average.

500: Benchmark for career home runs (baseball) and goals (hockey). Break-even point for won-lost records (.500). Miles at Indy and Daytona races.

511: Cy Young's career wins.

714: Babe Ruth's career homers.

755: Hank Aaron's career home run record.

900: Skateboarder Tony Hawk's signature 900-degree trick on the vertical ramp. Perfect set in bowling.

1,000: Season rushing benchmark in football. Perfect batting average.

1918: Last year the Red Sox won the World Series.

1919: Black Sox scandal.

1951: "The Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant."

1955: Brooklyn Dodgers' only World Series title.

1969: The Miracle Mets.

1994: No World Series. Last year the NFL was in Los Angeles.

2,003: O.J. Simpson first to crack 2,000 rushing yards in a season.

2,130: Consecutive games played by Lou Gehrig.

2,632: Consecutive games played by Cal Ripken.

4,256: Pete Rose's major league record for hits.

10,000: Trader Andrew Nissenbaum had a 10,000% return over 3 months.

17,162: Rushing yardage by NFL career leader Emmitt Smith.

38,387: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA record points.

61,361: Dan Marino's NFL record passing yards.

Infinity: Number of complaints that will be made about numbers left off this list.

 

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