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Joe Jackson of the 1911 Cleveland Indians hit .408 and lost the American League batting title to Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers who hit .420.
In MLB, yes. Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .408 in 1911 and lost the batting title to Ty Cobb who hit .420. Ty Cobb hit .401 in 1922 and lost the batting title to George Sisler who hit .420.
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On May 23, 2009 Jason Giambi became the 44th player in MLB history to reach the 400 home run mark for a career. Through games played on May 24, 2009 Vladimir Guerrero has 393 career home runs and, barring disaster, will become the 45th player in MLB history to reach 400 career home runs.
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols became the fastest in number of seasons to reach the 400 home run plateau. Alex Rodriguez is the youngest player to hit 400 HRs (29 years, 316 days). Mark McGwire had the least amount of ABs (4726) when he hit #400. Sammy Sosa had played the least amount games when he reached the 400 HR milestone (1354). Babe Ruth became the first player in MLB history to hit 400 home runs on September 2nd, 1927. I don't know who could run the fastest.