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Originally Posted by Fred
I couldn't imagine if someone hit .450 in the 2020 shortened season that it would be the new bench mark for batting average in a season (based on the 3.1 PA per league game).
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In 1982 the NFL experienced a strike season and had a 9 game season instead of 16 games.
During the abbreviated season Wes Chandler averaged an amazing 129 yards receiving per game. That record still stands.
No one cares about this because humans have the ability to understand context and put things in perspective.
Some guy hitting a few points higher in batting average over half as many games is obviously not as impressive as someone that did it on a much larger scale. That doesn't mean he didn't beat the record. And it doesn't mean it is more impressive.