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Jack R.I was amazed to recently find out Rogers Hornsby's .424 BA in 1924 was no longer the zenith of modern MLB batting average for a single season !!
A check of stats on BB ref, shows one additional AB and 3 extra hits have been "discovered" for Nap Lajoie in his 1901 performance. This has resulted in a new all time MLB, (1901, commonly called modern start, home plate size finalized, and the AL joins the NL as major leagues) record of a .426 BA !!
I would have thought this would be BIG news, MLB providing hoopla and fanfare galore to introduce a new (triple crown component, no less) all time record being broken. Perhaps because no one would buy tickets or watch a comercially sponsered TV show, MLB decided to "overlook" any type of notice.
Seems sad they have so little regard for the past and baseball's rich historical stat base.
I am aware that Hack Wilson got an extra RBI for a seson, and Cobb lost some decimal points to drop his career BA by a point. Neither changed his respective position on the all time list though. Who authorizes this research, who verifies the results, are there certain players or stats or years picked, ????