Will anyone Bat .400 again ? ......highly unlikely, because......
this new breed of ballplayers do not have the patience to wait out the pitcher and make him "work".
Check-out Ted Williams in 1941......
PA = 606
AB = 456
Hit = 185
BB = 147
BA = .406
Check-out Ted Williams in 1957......
PA = 541
AB = 420
Hit = 163
BB = 119
BA = .388
Now compare those numbers with the stats of Brett, Carew, Gwynn......
Brett (1980)
AB = 449
Hit = 175
BB = 58
BA = .390
Carew (1977)
AB = 616
Hit = 239
BB = 69
BA = .388
Gwynn (1994)
AB = 419
Hit = 165
BB = 48
BA = .394
The point I am making here is......"a Walk is as good as a Hit".
How many times have you heard this from your coaches (managers) when you were playing BB ?
If you do the math regarding Brett, Carew, Gwynn....all it takes is the following number of Walks
for them to have hit .400
Brett needed only 12 more Walks to achieve .400
Carew needed only 19 more Walks to achieve .400
Gwynn needed only 7 more Walks to achieve .400
TED Z
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