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Posted By: Scott Forrest

You posted: (4) If no one had noticed, Hornsby hit .400 in the days when doing so seemed actually possible enough for it to be done several times within the space of a few years.

And you are right - it WAS possible for someone to do it...Hornsby.
Following are Hornsby's averages for 1922-25, followed by the NL runner-up. Over in the AL Heilman, Cobb and Sisler each hit over .400 once during the same period.

1922 - Hornsby .401, runner-up .354
1923 - Hornsby .384, runner-up .371
1924 - Hornsby .424, runner-up .375
1925 - Hornsby .403, runner-up .367