Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941.
However, some people say the last .400 hitter was Artie Wilson of the Negro leagues' Birmingham Black Baron. Wilson hit .402 in 1948.
Every hitter who has opened the season going 1 for 1, 1 for 2, 2 for 3, 2 for 5, 4 for 10 and so on can claim to have hit .400 IN a season. Batting titles FOR a season are based on a minimum number of at bats. Ted Williams holds the distinction of being the last Major League Player to do so having hit .406 average (185 for 456) in 1941.
Tony Gwynn got close with .394 in '94, but that the only .390+ hitter since Williams
Rogers Hornsby won it TWICE with a batting average over .400 -- 1922 and 1925
In the early years of the American League there were many hitters who hit .400. In 1901, Nap Lajoie of the Philadelphia Athletics led the A. L. in hitting with a .422 average, the only player in the A. L. to hit over .400 that season. By the way, the last American Leaguer to hit the mark was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox who hit .406 in 1941.
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The last Boston Red Sox player to bat .400 or more was Ted Williams in 1941.
The average of 260 and 400 is 330.
Ted Williams hit for an average of .406 in 1941 for the Boston Red Sox.
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No batter has achieved a batting average over 400 in a four-year period in Major League Baseball history. The last player to bat over 400 for a full season was Ted Williams in 1941 with a .406 average.
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