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jaylay66
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Here . . . are . . . mine.
1. Oscar Robertson Averages a Triple Double for the Season: 30.8 points, 11.4 assists and 12.5 rebounds per game. IN HIS FIRST 5 seasons in the NBA, he averaged a triple double. Unbelievable stuff.
2. Wilt Chamberlain averages over 50 points a game for a season. Same season as Oscar Robertson's best, unfortunately for Oscar. He also averaged over 25 rebounds a game, and the season included his record 100 point performance.
3. Wayne Gretzky's first 200 point season. No one else has broken 200 points. He did it 4 times. With his 1981-82 season, he showed he might just be the best of all time. Gretzky destroyed the record book with 92 goals and 120 assists, both records at the time (Gretzky later broke his own records for assists and points).
4. Tom Brady's 2007 Season. 50 Touchdowns, an NFL record. 4,806 yards (4th all time). 117.2 passer rating (2nd all time). Most points in NFL history (589). Leads his team to 16-0 record, first ever. Oh, and he's a cold weather quarterback (imagine what his statistics would have looked like had he not played in Foxboro against the Jets on the rainy and 45 mph windy day, where he only threw for 140 yards and no TDs).
5. 24. Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox, 1941
Williams became the last player to hit .400 -- and also the youngest of the 20th century. Heading into the final day of the season, Williams' average stood at .39955, which would have been rounded up to .400 had he sat out. However, Williams played both games of a doubleheader, going 6-for-8 and finishing at .406. While the Red Sox finished second behind the Yankees, Williams hit .471 in 22 games against New York. He led the league in home runs, runs scored and slugging percentage. He just missed the triple crown, trailing Joe DiMaggio by five RBIs. His amazing .553 on-base percentage was the best ever until Barry Bonds surpassed it in 2004.
I completely disagree with you guys on the Brady thing, and it looks as if the second guy almost copied the answer of the first. Its pretty ridiculous to say that any "decent" QB could have put up those types of numbers; then the same could be applied to say, Mannings season, wherein he had 3 1,000 yard receivers to Brady's 2, 2 Pro Bowl receivers to Brady's 1, and 3 10 TD receivers to Bradys 1, as well as a Pro Bowl 1500 yard rusher to help with play action passes. With all that help, anybody could have had a great a season as he did, right? Plus he was in a dome! And if you make the argument that Manning's greatness was what caused those receiver's numbers, then why not the same for Brady? Welker hadn't even touched 700 yards before Brady, and then he explodes for 112/1175. I'm just saying, the argument that only a decent QB could have done that is ridiculous: the first time he was provided with a Pro Bowl receiver, he breaks the TD record. Manning had them his whole career.
1. Oscar Robertson Averages a Triple Double for the Season: 30.8 points, 11.4 assists and 12.5 rebounds per game. IN HIS FIRST 5 seasons in the NBA, he averaged a triple double. Unbelievable stuff.
2. Wilt Chamberlain averages over 50 points a game for a season. Same season as Oscar Robertson's best, unfortunately for Oscar. He also averaged over 25 rebounds a game, and the season included his record 100 point performance.
3. Wayne Gretzky's first 200 point season. No one else has broken 200 points. He did it 4 times. With his 1981-82 season, he showed he might just be the best of all time. Gretzky destroyed the record book with 92 goals and 120 assists, both records at the time (Gretzky later broke his own records for assists and points).
4. Tom Brady's 2007 Season. 50 Touchdowns, an NFL record. 4,806 yards (4th all time). 117.2 passer rating (2nd all time). Most points in NFL history (589). Leads his team to 16-0 record, first ever. Oh, and he's a cold weather quarterback (imagine what his statistics would have looked like had he not played in Foxboro against the Jets on the rainy and 45 mph windy day, where he only threw for 140 yards and no TDs).
5. 24. Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox, 1941
Williams became the last player to hit .400 -- and also the youngest of the 20th century. Heading into the final day of the season, Williams' average stood at .39955, which would have been rounded up to .400 had he sat out. However, Williams played both games of a doubleheader, going 6-for-8 and finishing at .406. While the Red Sox finished second behind the Yankees, Williams hit .471 in 22 games against New York. He led the league in home runs, runs scored and slugging percentage. He just missed the triple crown, trailing Joe DiMaggio by five RBIs. His amazing .553 on-base percentage was the best ever until Barry Bonds surpassed it in 2004.
I completely disagree with you guys on the Brady thing, and it looks as if the second guy almost copied the answer of the first. Its pretty ridiculous to say that any "decent" QB could have put up those types of numbers; then the same could be applied to say, Mannings season, wherein he had 3 1,000 yard receivers to Brady's 2, 2 Pro Bowl receivers to Brady's 1, and 3 10 TD receivers to Bradys 1, as well as a Pro Bowl 1500 yard rusher to help with play action passes. With all that help, anybody could have had a great a season as he did, right? Plus he was in a dome! And if you make the argument that Manning's greatness was what caused those receiver's numbers, then why not the same for Brady? Welker hadn't even touched 700 yards before Brady, and then he explodes for 112/1175. I'm just saying, the argument that only a decent QB could have done that is ridiculous: the first time he was provided with a Pro Bowl receiver, he breaks the TD record. Manning had them his whole career.