Most epitaphs are brief records of the family, and perhaps the career, of the deceased, often with an expression of love or respect-" beloved father of ..."-but others are more ambitious.

In his career, Bench earned 10 Gold Gloves, was named to the National League All-Star team 14 times, and won two Most Valuable Player Awards.

He led the National League in batting average four times ( 1961, 1964, 1965, and 1967 ), led the National League in hits twice ( 1964 and 1967 ), and won the Most Valuable Player award in the 1966 season, when he hit. 317 while setting career highs in home runs ( 29 ) and RBIs ( 119 ).

Seau was selected to 2003 Pro Bowl, his 12th Pro Bowl selection of his career, and in his final season with the Chargers, he was chosen by teammates as the recipient of the Emil Karas Award as the team ’ s Most Inspirational Player.

Most notable during the season, however, was Bonds march towards Hank Aaron's career home run record of 755.

The Giants ' defensive leader was Hall of Fame outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor who led the league with 20½ sacks during the regular season, won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award for the third time in his career, and became just the second defensive player to ever win the NFL Most Valuable Player Award.

Most succeeding Spaghetti Westerns tried to get a ragged, laconic hero with superhuman weapon skill, preferable one that looked like Clint Eastwood – Franco Nero, John Garko and Terence Hill started out that way ; Anthony Steffen and others stayed that way all their Spaghetti Western career.

** Most career hits – 4, 256

** Most career outs – 10, 328

** Most career games played – 3, 562

** Most career at bats – 14, 053

** Most career singles – 3, 215

** Most career runs by a switch hitter – 2, 165

** Most career doubles by a switch hitter – 746

** Most career walks by a switch hitter – 1, 566

** Most career total bases by a switch hitter – 5, 752

** Most career runs – 2, 165

** Most career doubles – 746

** Most career games with 5 or more hits – 10

Most busy urban, sub-urban and larger rural hospitals are staffed primarily by full-time, certified career emergency physicians.

However, for his efforts, Jordan was named NBA Most Valuable Player, an award he would win four more times over his career.

" Most of her singing career was spent performing in concert and recital in major music venues and with famous orchestras throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965.

Most notably, Pryor has traveled to Nicaragua to support Arguello's political career, and the two meet several times a year.

Most of her filming career was in adult-oriented comedies, acting opposite Alberto Olmedo, Jorge Porcel, and fellow vedette Moria Casán.

* Most fumbles, career: 166, Brett Favre, 1992 – 2010

| Most consecutive tournament wins

These consecutive championship teams featured 1976 NFL Most Valuable Player Bert Jones at quarterback and an outstanding defensive line, nicknamed the " Sack Pack.

He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949 — the first black player so honored.

In doing so, Howard became only the second player in MLB history to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in consecutive years, Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles being the first.

* Most Main Event wins in consecutive years: Johnny Moss ( 1970 ( by vote )-1971 ), Doyle Brunson ( 1976-1977 ), Stu Ungar ( 1980-1981 ), Johnny Chan ( 1987-1988 ) ( 2 )

He has received seven Australian TV Logie awards including the Logie award for Most Popular New Male Talent and six consecutive Logie awards for hosting the Most Popular Australian Lifestyle Program for Backyard Blitz.

** Most consecutive seasons of 100 or more hits – 23

** Most consecutive seasons with 600 or more at bats – 13 ( 1968 – 1980 )

** Most consecutive years played – 24

An 8-time American League ( AL ) All-Star, he was named the AL's Most Valuable Player in after becoming the first major league player in 19 years to hit for 400 total bases, and went on to become the ninth player to lead the major leagues in total bases in consecutive seasons, and join Ty Cobb as one of two players to lead the AL in total bases three years in a row.

* Most consecutive touches without a fumble: 719 ( LaDainian Tomlinson, longest streak since 1991 )

Most likely, the lake disappeared due to a combination of several consecutive years of below average rainfall and increases in irrigation withdrawals within the valley.

* Most consecutive NHL 20-goal seasons: 22 ( 1949 – 1971 )

A 19-time All-Star and two-time American League ( AL ) Most Valuable Player ( MVP ), Ripken is perhaps best known for breaking Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played, a record that had stood for 56 years and many deemed unbreakable.

Ripken surpassed the mark on September 6, 1995 by playing his 2, 131st consecutive game, which fans later voted the " Most Memorable Moment " in MLB history.

Most digital recordings rely at least to some extent on computational encoding and decoding and so may become completely unplayable if not enough consecutive good data is available for the decoder to synchronize to the digital data stream, whereas any intact fragment of any size of an analog recording is playable.

* For the twelfth consecutive year, Fortune Magazine included in 2011 Nestlé in their list of The 10 Most Admired Companies in the World.

Most simply, the sum of two consecutive triangular numbers is a square number, with the sum being the square of the difference between the two.

Nicklaus, through his global reach in design and development, as well as the worldwide marketing and licensing of his golf and lifestyle brand, is atop Golf Inc. magazine ’ s coveted list of the " Most Powerful People in Golf " for a record-extending sixth consecutive year.

Murphy won consecutive National League Most Valuable Player Awards ( 1982 – 1983 ), the National League's Silver Slugger Award four straight years ( 1982 – 1985 ), and the National League's Gold Glove award five straight years ( 1982 – 1986 ).

Most consecutive starts ( NFL )

He won the Photoplay Award for Most Popular Male Star for three consecutive years, including 1962, 1963, 1964.

In January 2006, the NCAA recognized NDSU's four consecutive Division II Women's Basketball Championships ( 1993 – 1996 ) as one of the " 25 Most Defining Moments in NCAA History.

* In March 2008, Genentech was named Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company by Fortune for the second consecutive year.