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Baseball’s Only Career .400 Hitter

Baseball’s Only Career .400 Hitter

And the reason you've never heard of him

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Paul White
Jun 21, 2023
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Let’s play a game. Who had the better season between these two players? For clarity, they both played right field in the 1920s.

It doesn’t seem particularly close, does it? The second player scored more runs, had more hits, more doubles, more homers, more RBI, more steals, a higher batting average, on base percentage and slugging percentage. The first gu…

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