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Getty Images1 of 10By Mike Olson
Some of the loftiest records in sports are held by some of the most forgettable players. Here's a rundown of exclusive records that are held by both household names and one-hit wonders alike.
Three Home Runs in One World Series Game
The sultan of Swat, Mr. October, El Hombre...Kung Fu Panda? When he hit three home runs in Game of this season's World Series, Pablo Sandoval - yes, the man named after a cartoon bear voiced by Jack Black - joined all-timers Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols as the only men to accomplish the feat. Even more impressive, Sondavoal's first two long balls came against Justin Verlander, who - in keeping with the tradition of nicknames that grow more outdated by the second - shall herby be known as Wreck-It Ralph.
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Grant Halverson/Getty Images2 of 10Most Consecutive 400-yard Passing Games
The list of players who have tallied two consecutive 400-yard passing games reas like a who's who of former and current NFL stars: Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Phil Simms, Tom Brady. And then come the outliers. Take Cam Newton. (Actually, any team willing to offer the Panthers some draft picks probably can.) Or Matt Cassel, who just four years after accomplishing the feat is now best known for inspiring a rabid cheer in Arrowhead when he suffered a game-ending injury. Still, both QBs have a leg up on Billy Volek, the not-so-remembered Titan who did it in 2004. He was last seen being cut by the Chargers in March.
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Stephen Dunn/Getty Images3 of 10Players to Lead the League in Assists and Steals
Chris Paul is the premiere point guard in the NBA, a player who's tenacious defense, superior court vision and freakish will to win draw easy comparisons to the legendary John Stockton. It makes sense they'd be paired, because they're also two of the five players ever to lead the league in assists and steals in a season. The three other immortals: Don "Slick" Watts (1975-76), Don Buse (1976-77) and Michael Ray Richardson (1979-80). But CP3 and John "I Was Too White To Get A Nickname" Stockton have one advantage: they've each done it twice.
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Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images4 of 10Most Three-Pointers in a Game
Talk about the butterfly effect. Donyell Marshall didn't just tie Springfield-bound Kobe Bryant when he sank 12 three-point field goals in a game for the Raptors on March 13, 2005. The epic showing also convinced Cavs GM Danny Ferry that Marshall was just the type of player who could help youngster LeBron James bring a championship to Ohio. By the time Marshall's four-year deal in Cleveland was expiring, the overweight forward spent his games growing roots beyond the arc, Ferry was on the unemployment line and LeBron was dreaming of taking his talents to South Beach.
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Clik here to view.Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images5 of 10Most Consecutive Games with 5+ TD passes
One of them is a born winner with a supermodel on his arm and, presumably, a complete collection of man Uggs in his closet. The other was last seen overthrowing wide receivers for the Sacramento Mountain Lions. Still, Tom Brady (2007) and Daunte Culpepper (2004) remain the only two quarterbacks in NFL history to have thrown five or more touchdown passes in two straight contests. Culpepper would go on to toss 39 TDs that season and lead the league with 4,717 yards. Bitter fantasy owners remember the rest: Culpepper opened '05 with no touchdowns, eight interceptions and a nearly infinite number of fantasy drafts ruined before suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 7.
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Clik here to view.Focus on Sport/Getty Images6 of 10Most Games with a Perfect Passer Rating
No one knows how the hell to calculate it or even what it means, but 158.3 - the number that significes a perfect passer rating - remains one of the NFL's most daunting benchmarks. It's also elusive, because only two quarterbacks have accomplished the feat four times in a career. One, Peyton Manning, has been an all-time great for a decade. The other, Craig Morton, did it despite retiring in 1981 with a lifetime QB rating of just 73.5. Still, Morton is a member of one club Peyton would to join: the Broncos Ring of Fame.
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Clik here to view.Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images7 of 10Most Wins in a Season
Lefty Grove has a plaque in Cooperstown and Denny McLain was a two-time Cy Young Award winner and one-time AL MVP. Then there's Jim Bagby Sr., a household name (in the Bagby household, anyway) who is the third in the trio of pitchers to 31 games in the live ball era. Bagby accomplished the feat as a member of the 1920 Indians (having Tris Speaker on his team probably helped), but the righty would wrap up his career with just 127 W's under his belt. But Bill James and Rob Neyer rank his screwball the ninth best in history. So there's that.
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Clik here to view.George Rose/Getty Images8 of 10Most 300-Yard Games in a Season
Considering he's leading the NFL in rushing mere months after shredding his knee in the final game of 2011, it's no surprise that Adrian Peterson is one of only three players to gain 300 yards in a game in the same season. The co-owners of the record, however, raise an eyebrow (or just inspire a quick Google search): Lionel "Little Train" James, a 5'6" running back best known as Bo Jackson's partner in the Auburn backfield, and Jacoby Ford, a kickoff return man who's blinding speed made up for a just-as-blinding lack of actual skill.
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Clik here to view.Ken Levine/Getty Images9 of 10Most Points in One Playoff Game
It's hard to snicker at the workmanlike career of Patrik Sundstrom, the Swede who grinded out 219 goals in his 10-year NHL career. Still, we're not so sure he deserves a place in the record books with Mario Lemieux (who, for the record, scored 690 career goals). But there Patrik sits as one of the two players in league history who have scored eight points in one playoff game. Even nuttier, Sundstorm beat Super Mario to the accomplishment by 368 days. Lemiuex was seen handling this indignity by being filthy rich and owning the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Clik here to view.Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images10 of 10Next: Unintentionally Raunchy PhotosMost Assists in One Game
On the magical night of March 16, 1947 Billy Taylor, the Red Wings 5'9" center, dished out seven assists in one game. It was a record-setting showing that so impressed the Detroit dront office that Taylor was promptly traded to the Bruins in the off-season. Taylor would stand atop the leaderboard until 1980, when a feather-haired dynamo by the name of Wayne Gretzky would become the second player to accomplish the feat. But the Great One does have a leg up on Taylor - and we're not talking about the gams on Janet Jones. He accomplished the feat three times.
