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Interesting discussion here...

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/let-the-record-be-unbroken/

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As per one commenter..

Hands down the greatest sports record in any sport is the 99.94 lifetime batting average posted by Sir Donald Bradman in Test Cricket (which is why it was overlooked by this American panel of experts) between 1928 and 1948. The second place batting average (clustered along with rest of the field) stands at 60.97.

In absolute terms Bradman’s record standard at 4.4 standard deviations above the mean. He tops Pelé in this metric who’s record for goal’s per game is only 3.7 standard deviations above the mean, Ty Cobb’s Batting average at 3.6, Jack Nicklaus’ Major golf titles at 3.5 and Michael Jordan in Points per game at 3.4.

In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0 points per game.