# Sports feats that have never been accomplished **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 1, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362 "2011-05-01T06:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/81 "2011-05-06T14:08:02Z")
On the subject of home runs, nobody in MLB has hit one in their first and last at bats. Some first, some last, but not both. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/82 "2011-05-06T14:15:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Has any team had to play the maximum games to win the championship? I mean that every level of the playoffs goes to “game 7’s” for the champ. I’m certain that it’s happened in baseball multiple times when there was a one-round (only the World Series) or two-round championship. The New York Knicks played 25 out of a possible 26 games in the 1994 NBA playoffs, but they lost. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/83 "2011-05-06T15:14:48Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > It almost happened on my high school team. The same guy made the first two outs and was in the hole when the third out was made. This actually happened to the baseball coach at the High School my son attends when the coach was in college. He was even mentioned on Paul Harvey’s show. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/84 "2011-05-06T15:22:58Z")
No NBA team has ever swept the post season. The 2001 Lakers and 1983 76ers only lost one game. The 2008 Celtics took their sweet time (7, 7, 6, and 6). > [@YogSosoth](#): > > I don’t think any NBA player has scored all the points for his team in a quarter. I think, I can’t be sure though NBA record for fewest points in a quarter is 2, set by Dallas in 1997 (Derek Harper) and Goldenstate against the Raptors in 2004 (Erik Dampier). That’s the definition of basketbawful right there. As for less humiliating examples, I couldn’t find any but I’m sure it’s not too uncommon with a really good player on a terrible team. I know in that game 5 against Detroit several years back LeBron was the only Cavalier who scored in the last 2 OTs. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/85 "2011-05-06T15:46:28Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > While we’re discussing random sports oddities which fit in this thread, what’s the most different extra innings in which at least one run has been scored in a single game? (\>1 of course requiring that equal numbers of runs are scored in the top and bottom of the inning). I wonder if the number of games in MLB history with scoring in 3 different innings after the ninth is less than 10? No, three isn’t as rare as all that. I can think of games that I’ve witnessed that had scoring in three EI’s, so given that I’ve seen only an infinitesimal fraction of all games in history there must be a lot. As you go to four or five scores, the number would drop pretty rapidly–I can’t _think_ of a game I’ve ever seen or read about with four EI scores, although I’m sure there have been some. If nobody answers you might want to ask this in a separate thread–I know there are people with searchable databases that could answer. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/86 "2011-05-06T15:46:54Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > No NBA team has ever swept the post season… and the 1983 76ers only lost one game. who can forget Moses Malone’s poignant: “Fo, Fo, Fo” ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/87 "2011-05-06T15:51:00Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > When Ryan Howard came to the plate on Friday night with the bases loaded and a chance to hit a second grand slam, I wondered if anyone had done this before… I was surprised to learn that [13 MLB players have hit 2 slams in one game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_hitters_with_two_grand_slams_in_one_game) And one guy (Bill Mueller) who did one lefty and one righty. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/88 "2011-05-09T21:52:22Z")
Here’s one: AFAIK, no team has ever scored exactly one point in an NCAA football game. Yes, it is possible - if a team scores a touchdown, and somehow commits a safety on the extra point, the other team gets one point. (I am not sure what the rule is for a safety on an extra point in the NFL.) ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/89 "2011-05-10T00:58:45Z")
several teams have made it to the final of the UEFA Champions League two years in a row - but no team has won two years in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/90 "2011-05-10T01:57:34Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Here’s one: AFAIK, no team has ever scored exactly one point in an NCAA football game. > > Yes, it is possible - if a team scores a touchdown, and somehow commits a safety on the extra point, the other team gets one point. (I am not sure what the rule is for a safety on an extra point in the NFL.) You can’t score on an opponent’s extra point attempt in the NFL. If the defending team gains possession the ball is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/91 "2011-05-10T01:59:18Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > several teams have made it to the final of the UEFA Champions League two years in a row - but no team has won two years in a row. Sure they have; just not since it was named the Champions’ League. Hell, multiple wins in a row were practically the norm before they renamed it for '92. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/92 "2011-05-10T08:54:08Z")
In cricket, especially outside the more slog-happy variants liek Twenty20, six sixes in an over is very rare. > **[Boundary (cricket)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_%28cricket%29#6_Sixes_in_an_over)** > > In cricket, the boundary is the perimeter of a playing field. It is also the term given to a scoring shot where the ball is hit to, or beyond, that perimeter, which generally earns four or six runs for the batting team. > The boundary is the edge of the playing field, or the physical object (often a rope) marking the edge of the field. In low-level matches, a series of plastic cones or flags are sometimes used. Since the early 2000s, the boundaries at professional matches are often a series of ... ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/93 "2011-05-10T11:10:08Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I wonder if there’s ever been a “perfect game” in football, defined by the following: the winning team scores a touchdown & extra point on every single possession, allows no first downs, and allows no points. I’m sure it’s happened at some level, but has it ever happened in college or NFL? It happened at high school level in a Rugby League knockout competition. One of the best teams in the country, IIRC, St Gregory’s kicked off, the other team fumbled and St Gregs picked up the ball and scored in that set of tackles. In RL the non-scoring team kicks off after a score. For the rest of the half St Greg’s made no errors and scored on every set of tackles after they received the ball. The opposition kicked off to start the second half and the pattern continued until the end of the game. St Gregory’s made no tackles in the game and the only players on the other team to touch the ball were the guy who fumbled it and people kicking off. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/94 "2011-05-10T12:49:10Z")
To my knowledge, Lou Piniella remains the only player in MLB history to be thrown out at every base in a single game. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/95 "2011-05-10T14:23:08Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > To my knowledge, Lou Piniella remains the only player in MLB history to be thrown out at every base in a single game. That "record’ just seems like it should belong to Bob Uecker. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/96 "2011-05-10T14:32:41Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > The twentieth wicket was in fact taken by Laker’s Surrey teammate Tony Lock, also a spin bowler. And I think you will find that Lock took the first wicket in the match and Laker the next 19. Strangely enough, Laker does not often enter discussions of “greatest spinners of all time”. Not lately, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/97 "2011-05-10T14:38:41Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > On the subject of home runs, nobody in MLB has hit one in their first and last at bats. Some first, some last, but not both. Not entirely true. This isn’t in the spirit of what you’re saying (someone with a substantial MLB career) but… One John Miller, career minor leaguer, was called up twice in his career. Once, for 6 games, in 1966 when he was in the Yankees organisation, when he hit a homer in his first MLB appearance. Then again, in 1969 when he was in the Dodgers organisation, he was called up for 26 games, and hit a homer in his final plate appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/98 "2011-05-10T14:43:07Z")
100 Meter Dash: No man has done it in under 9 seconds. No woman has done it in under 10 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/99 "2011-05-10T16:51:25Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > That "record’ just seems like it should belong to Bob Uecker. Heh. It kind of does - until you realize it involves getting on base and/or making contact 4 times in a game (rather than a week). ---
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> [@jk1245](#): > > That "record’ just seems like it should belong to Bob Uecker. > [@Munch](#): > > Heh. It kind of does - until you realize it involves getting on base and/or making contact 4 times in a game (rather than a week). And running as far as third. 😃 Uecker was so slow he was thrown out at the plate coming from second on a triple. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362.md?page=6)