There are certain stats that are really amazing. What amazing stat in the world of sports boggles your mind?

One of mine involves Steve Nash. Was was drafted 15th in the first round of the NBA draft. He was won two NBA league MVP awards.

The stat.....nobody in NBA history has been drafted 16th or worse and won the NBA MVP.

That just goes to show you how unique the league is. The truly great players come from the top of the draft. Unlike football and baseball, where undrafted players can win the MVP. Of course, the NHL is likely somewhat similar to the NBA.

The Steve Nash MVP stat is amazing to me. I think I remember one where Tiger Woods didn't miss a put inside four feet one season....something like that....gotta look that one up and check it out.

What are yours? Try to keep away from the Cal Ripken type streaks, or even the Joe Dimaggio hitting streak. The more unique the better.

Barry Bonds .609 OBP in 617 PA.

There have been a bunch of players who are close to Nash with respect to draft position but you are right most of the MVPs in NBA History have been top 3 picks.

Other notable non-top 10 picks who were MVP:

Dr. J (12)
Marlone (13)
Kobe (13)

barry bonds 1.994 ops in the world series

NHL more like the NFL/MLB than the NBA in terms of contribution from low draft picks, though this is likely a byproduct of deeper rosters/more balanced playing time.

I remember listening last year to an NBA executive talk about the huge drop off from first round players to second round, when it comes to the NBA draft. He made a comment about the very low chances of succes when it gets to the second round.

It seems that the once in a generation players in the NHL were all known great players when they were kids....Gretsky, Lemieux, and Sidney Crosby, to mention a few, but maybe other players have become superstars who weren't highly thought of early on.

In baseball, Albert Puljos basically came out of nowhere. Same with Kurt Warner in football. Lots of baseball and football examples, of course, for many reasons. Since basketball and hockey have 5 players each, and the other sports many more, there are far more chances given to players that aren't well known.

Minor leagues
Few major league teams were very interested in Pujols and he was a late round draft pick. However, Pujols initially turned down a USD $10,000 bonus and opted to play in the Jayhawk League in Kansas instead. The Cardinals increased their bonus offer to $60,000[10], Pujols signed, and was assigned to the minor leagues.

In 2000, Pujols played for the Peoria Chiefs of the single-A Midwest League, where he was voted league MVP. Pujols quickly progressed through the ranks of the St. Louis farm clubs, first at the Potomac Cannons in the high-A Carolina League and then with the Memphis Redbirds in the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.

That is a good one. Steroids or not, Bonds did some amazing things and has some of the most outrageous statistics in baseball history.

Don Bradman Test batting average of 99.94

this actually legitely shocked me

Bob Beamon's best long jump of all time 29' 2.5"
Previous World Record 27'4.75"
Bob Beamon's second best long jump 27'4"

Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland College 0. Not that unlikely of a score, but how they hell did they not let up or just stop the game.

Me, too....lol. I have been sitting on that one for years and felt I had to get it off my chest. It really is amazing. It is the type of stat, that when you hear it, you start Googling because it cannot possibly be true........but it is. Nobody has been drafted worse than Steve Nash and won the MVP.....and he was drafted 16th.......unreal.

Mexico City FTW

wind aided?

Wow....I started two great threads and they closed my other one down....What a bunch of sickos. The other one was just as good.

Maybe there are rules....can't start two threads or else you are a bad person. What scumbags in this world.

1920, Babe Ruth hit 54 HR, more than all but one team in the majors.

altitude aided

yeah but did he hit for .400?

yeah but did he win?

this gets a hell of a lot less interesting when you go back and look. it turns out that there were multiple players in the early 20s that hit more hrs than entire teams, none of whom you've ever heard of besides ruth.

Its over now but that crazy long run the Tampa Bay Bucs had of not returning a kickoff for a TD in their franchise history.

"It took 32 seasons and 1,865 tries, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have finally scored on a kickoff return."

further

"A total of 141 players have run back kicks since Tampa Bay's inaugural season in 1976. The previous long for a return was 86 yards by Aaron Stecker against New Orleans in 2001."

From an article when the streak was broke in 07

No. There's a couple players (like Hornsby) who hit more HR than a couple teams. Ruth hit more than EVERY ****ING TEAM BUT ONE!

FSU 14 straight seasons in the AP College Football Top 5

FSU 20 CWS appearances with no title (most years it's 8 teams, some years however there were only 6 teams)

I dunno about hockey, those three were known commidities, but guys like Nick Lidstrom and Patrick Roy were 3rd rounders and Ed Belfour was undrafted.

hes still the best hitter to ever play baseball and arguably one of the best of all time with his gold gloves and ability to steal bases.