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Question:Ted Williams was the last person to bat 400 or better for the season (406 in 1941).
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Batting .400 - history
Baseball Digest, Jan, 2001 by Allen LewisA Crowning Achievement For A Hitter
Since 1901, it has been more difficult than slamming 50 homers, winning 30 games, pitching a perfect gem or capturing the Triple Crown
MORE DIFFICULT THAN HITTING 50 HOME runs or batting in more than 160 runs in a season. Rarer than pitching a perfect game, or winning more than 30 games in a season. Batting .400 or better may well be the most difficult feat in baseball.
Since both major leagues operated under the foul-strike rule in 1903, only seven different players have achieved a .400 or better average. Those seven did it a total of 12 times, led by Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby, each of whom accomplished it three times. George Sisler did it twice and the last player to do it was Boston
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as of May 29, 1994 Paul Oneill was batting a .456 ended with a .359 this is according to Sports Illustrated from June 6 1994In 1993, John Olerud was still hitting .400 in mid-August.
Both George Brett (1980)and Rod Carew (1977) were still hitting .400 into late September.
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John Kruk went to the All Star Break with over .400 batting average the year the Phillies went to the World Series.In 1901, Nap Lajoie of the Philadelphia Athletics batted .426. In 1924, Rogers Hornsby of the Cardinals batted .424. Both of these were for an entire season. The last to bat over .400 was Ted Williams in 1941.
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The farthest into a season that anyone has hit over .400 is all the way to the end of the season. Many players have hit over .400More Questions & Answers...