[howard38]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Howard38

Pardon me for correcting you, but Walks are a significant factor in determining BA.
As a Walk in place of an Out subtracts from a time at Bat.

For examples....

Brett (1980) needed only 12 more Walks

AB = 449 - 12 BB = 437 AB ...... 175 Hits / 437 AB = .400
Hit = 175
BB = 58
BA = .390

Carew (1977) needed only 19 more Walks

AB = 616 - 19 BB = 597 AB ...... 239 Hits / 597 AB = .400
Hit = 239
BB = 69
BA = .388

Gwynn (1994) needed only 7 more Walks

AB = 419 - 7 BB = 412 AB ...... 165 Hits / 412 AB = .400
Hit = 165
BB = 48
BA = .394


P.S.
George Sisler was an amazing hitter....his batting performance is quite unique in the history of BB.


TED Z
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I understand what you're saying, Ted, but a walk can also replace a hit and therefore lower batting average as well. There are other old-timers who batted near or over .400 who also had walk totals as low or lower than Brett, Carew and Gwynn. Al Simmons, Bill Terry and Harry Heilmann had fairly low totals and Nap Lajoie's were even lower than Sisler's.