Who really had the best-ever season at the plate? Standardized batting averages
There have been 36 .400 hitters in MLB history. But there hasn’t been one in over 80 seasons. The last AL/NL player to reach this mark was Ted Williams, who batted .406 in 1941, and it seems plausible (not inevitable!) that no one will ever do it again. The seeming extinction of the .400 hitter […]