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Judge Dred (Fred)Ted,
That '94 season disgusted most of us for a lot of reasons. One of those reasons (for me) was because Gwynn was so close to .400
Oops, my bad, Burkett slipped past me, you are correct, there are 7 players represented in the OJ set. Burkett played his first year in 1890 for New York (NL) and just missed being part of the issue - whew, I had to come up with some silly fact to save face and not look like a total blithering idiot... oh, too late, huh....
From a theory side this is a neat thread. There are so many good reasons why there "should be" and "wont be" any .400 hitters in the present and future. It's an enjoyable read... two thumbs up.