Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisGIL
I'm not sure I completely follow your entire line of thinking.
I agree Cobb is certainly a bonafide 400+ hitter; but, I do not
see how you include Jackson (who barely hit 400 and only once).
Unless you are considering his lifetime BA as a factor. Please
excuse me if I draw an example from Bowling. A Bowler who has
an average of say 220, can and will bowl a 300 game (or two).
So, Joe Jackson with a lifetime BA = .356 can and will hit .400
during his lifetime.
But, I really don't understand why Sisler and Hornsby (multiple
400 years) are not part of your 400+ club ? Furthermore, there
are guys like Harry Heilmann, who had multi "near 400" seasons
that don't get their due as very consistently strong hitters.
And, as much as I loved Ted Williams, and the great story of him
playing out the last day's doubleheader in 1941, how exactly
does he fit into your 400+ club ? Or, again does the "bowling
analogy" apply since Ted's lifetime BA = .347
I think you have to do a better job of convincing me of the
merits of your premise.