No Major League player has hit .400 since Ted Williams did it in 1941. But these players have come closest, hitting at least .360 for an entire season. Name as many as you can.
They changed the ball this year in an effort to bring down home runs. I also really like the changes they've brought it to try to keep the game moving. I love baseball, but the glacial pace of play can be really tough to endure.
The pitch clock has been great. So have the larger bags and pickoff attempt limits.
We just need one more change. The ball should be made slightly softer to make it travel less far, and slightly less sticky to reduce the amount of movement and speed the pitchers can deliver.
We need fewer flyballs and more players hitting for contact. The .300 hitter is an endangered species.
Hits divided by at bats. Hits involve not just hitting the ball, but doing so and subsequently reaching base safely, without any errors on the part of the fielders. At bats are the number of times the player made an appearance at the plate (to bat), minus a few things, including walks (the pitcher throws four balls neither swung at, nor determined to be a "strike" by the umpire) and getting hit by a pitch. This calculation is usually referred to verbally as a permillage. In other words, nobody says "point four zero zero"; they'd say "he's hitting four hundred."
2020 achievements are suspect at best. Big difference between playing 60 some games and 162, especially for batting average. George Brett's .390 might be the most impressive on here. As late as Sept. 19, he was at .399 (technically, .39950!). Gwynn's 1994 season became "what might have been" since it ended early because of the strike.
In 1980, in the United States, news involved (in no particular order) hostages in Iran; war in Afghanistan; the Carter-Reagan campaign; and George Brett chasing .400.
We just need one more change. The ball should be made slightly softer to make it travel less far, and slightly less sticky to reduce the amount of movement and speed the pitchers can deliver.
We need fewer flyballs and more players hitting for contact. The .300 hitter is an endangered species.
I think if given the chance he could have been a legitimate two-way player. He was brilliant in college.
Also, he never played in the minors, making his pro debut in the Major Leagues -- one of only eight players since 1980 to do that!