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Longest runs at .400 Batting Average

Posted by Sean Forman on June 9, 2008

I've gotten a bunch of requests for this, so I'll post it here. I had completely forgotten about Nomar in 200. He finished at .372 (and finished 9th in the MVP balloting).

| name_common        | year_game | dateg | ABs  | Hs   | BA    |
+--------------------+-----------+-------+------+------+-------+
| George Brett       |      1980 | 09-04 |  384 |  154 | 0.401 |
| John Olerud        |      1993 | 08-02 |  365 |  146 | 0.400 |
| Nomar Garciaparra  |      2000 | 07-20 |  278 |  112 | 0.403 |
| Larry Walker       |      1997 | 07-17 |  343 |  138 | 0.402 |
| Tony Gwynn         |      1997 | 07-14 |  356 |  143 | 0.402 |
| Rod Carew          |      1983 | 07-13 |  254 |  102 | 0.402 |
| Rod Carew          |      1977 | 07-10 |  317 |  127 | 0.401 |
| Andres Galarraga   |      1993 | 07-05 |  255 |  102 | 0.400 |
| Tony Fernandez     |      1999 | 06-28 |  255 |  102 | 0.400 |
| Rod Carew          |      1974 | 06-27 |  265 |  106 | 0.400 |
| Rico Carty         |      1970 | 06-17 |  212 |   85 | 0.401 |
| Paul O'Neill       |      1994 | 06-16 |  200 |   81 | 0.405 |
| Rod Carew          |      1975 | 06-16 |  180 |   72 | 0.400 |
| Hank Aaron         |      1959 | 06-15 |  244 |   98 | 0.402 |
| Lenny Dykstra      |      1990 | 06-11 |  207 |   83 | 0.401 |
| Willie Mays        |      1958 | 06-11 |  220 |   88 | 0.400 |
| Stan Musial        |      1958 | 06-11 |  170 |   69 | 0.406 |
| Todd Helton        |      2000 | 06-10 |  205 |   82 | 0.400 |
| Roberto Alomar     |      1996 | 06-10 |  235 |   95 | 0.404 |
| Mickey Mantle      |      1956 | 06-08 |  185 |   74 | 0.400 |
| Billy Williams     |      1964 | 06-07 |  180 |   73 | 0.406 |
| Wade Boggs         |      1986 | 06-07 |  202 |   81 | 0.401 |
| Carney Lansford    |      1988 | 06-06 |  229 |   92 | 0.402 |
| Ted Williams       |      1957 | 06-05 |  142 |   57 | 0.401 |
| Rod Carew          |      1969 | 05-31 |  144 |   58 | 0.403 |
| Manny Ramirez      |      1995 | 05-28 |  105 |   42 | 0.400 |
| Dale Long          |      1956 | 05-28 |  129 |   53 | 0.411 |
| Matt Williams      |      1995 | 05-28 |  115 |   46 | 0.400 |
| Barry Bonds        |      1993 | 05-28 |  162 |   65 | 0.401 |
| Billy Grabarkewitz |      1970 | 05-27 |  122 |   49 | 0.402 |
| Reggie Jackson     |      1974 | 05-27 |  141 |   57 | 0.404 |
| Steve Kemp         |      1979 | 05-27 |  134 |   54 | 0.403 |
| Larry Walker       |      1999 | 05-26 |  130 |   52 | 0.400 |
| Manny Ramirez      |      2001 | 05-26 |  180 |   72 | 0.400 |
| Ron LeFlore        |      1976 | 05-25 |  117 |   47 | 0.402 |
| Harvey Kuenn       |      1959 | 05-24 |  120 |   48 | 0.400 |
| Willie Mays        |      1964 | 05-23 |  130 |   52 | 0.400 |
| Rod Carew          |      1978 | 05-22 |  154 |   62 | 0.403 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz  |      2001 | 05-22 |  144 |   58 | 0.403 |
| Reggie Smith       |      1974 | 05-20 |  137 |   55 | 0.401 |
| George Brett       |      1983 | 05-20 |  106 |   43 | 0.406 |
| Roy Smalley        |      1979 | 05-20 |  147 |   60 | 0.408 |
| Roberto Clemente   |      1967 | 05-20 |  117 |   47 | 0.402 |
| Ralph Garr         |      1971 | 05-20 |  165 |   66 | 0.400 |
| Willie Mays        |      1965 | 05-19 |  125 |   50 | 0.400 |
| Tony Oliva         |      1971 | 05-19 |  124 |   50 | 0.403 |
| Terry Francona     |      1984 | 05-18 |  130 |   52 | 0.400 |
| Ken Boyer          |      1956 | 05-18 |  101 |   41 | 0.406 |
| Tony Oliva         |      1964 | 05-16 |  125 |   51 | 0.408 |
| Dave Winfield      |      1988 | 05-16 |  132 |   53 | 0.402 |

I hope to make this a feature on the site at some point.

Related posts:

    Higher strikeout total than batting average points
    Lowest batting average, first two seasons
    Mark Reynolds & more strikeouts than batting average points
    Batting Average- What’s That?
    All time batting average

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7 Responses to “Longest runs at .400 Batting Average”

  1. kingturtle Says:
    June 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    thank you very much for posting that. it is very useful. and very simple done. nice work!

    fascinating stuff!

  2. ImAShark Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 6:17 am

    Baseball wasn't around in 200, though.

  3. splint Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Wow, look at Rodney Cline.

  4. kingturtle Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 7:40 am

    Chipper Jones is now tied for 12th on the list with June 16th.

  5. pageup_1 Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    according to the games logs Brett was hitting 400 on Sept 19, also on May 24 he went 0 for 6 and was hitting 247, which means he must have about 450 for 2 1/2 to 3 months

  6. kingturtle Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    He went 0-6 on May 21st. At that day's end he was 23 for 93 for the season (a meager .247).

    On September 19th he was hitting .400. After that he went 14 for 46 (a respectable .304).

    Add them together you get: 37 for 139. Deduct that from his season total of 175 for 449 and you get 138 for 310.

    138 for 310 is .445, which is what he hit from May 22 to September 19th, in 77 games played.

    During those 77 games played he missed 35 team games (he didn't play at all between June 11 and July 9 or between September 7 and 16).

  7. kingturtle Says:
    June 19th, 2008 at 6:17 am

    Jones now stands at 11th on the list with a June 18th effort.

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