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List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 batting average in a season. Oscar Charleston, Ty Cobb, Ed Delahanty and Rogers Hornsby (left to right) are the only players to record a .400 batting average in three different seasons. In baseball, batting average (AVG) is a measure of a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat ...
Ty Cobb is the all-time leader with a career batting average of .366. He won a record 11 batting titles in the American League from 1907–1909, 1911–1915 and 1917–1919. Oscar Charleston is second with a career batting average of .364. He is the only player to have won consecutive Triple Crowns, having done so in 1924 and 1925.
In modern times, a season batting average of .300 or higher is considered to be excellent, and an average higher than .400 a nearly unachievable goal. The last Major League Baseball (MLB) player to do so, with enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting championship, was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, who hit .406 in 1941. [4]
It’s time to officially call it like it is: Miami Marlins second baseman Luis Arraez is chasing baseball’s first .400 batting average since Ted Williams in 1941.
The use of relief pitchers doesn't specifically affect batting .400. They also affect consecutive hit streaks, the reduction in 200 hit seasons today, and the overall decline in offence. The more appropriate place for this info is the general batting average article. —Bloom6132 21:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC) Reply
The calendar has turned to June and Miami's Luis Arraez is flirting with a .400 batting average. Considering the last man to hit that hallowed number for a full season — Boston's Ted Williams ...