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Originally Posted by todeen
You made so many exceptions to exclude Gwynn to prove your point. He should be pointed out as having a legitimate shot in the strike shortened season. My argument is simply that these achievements of yesteryear are still achievable if that's what a player's style allows. Miggy won the Triple Crown, which many people thought would be extremely difficult. Not many HR leaders in today's game are also the BA leaders. But Cabrera did it. And Gwynn was hitting .394 in AUGUST! WOW! It deserves to be pointed out.
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Gwynn failed under both criteria. He played 110 games. If we're going off partial seasons, that means Matt Williams tied the home run record in 1994. Or if Charlie Blackmon somehow gets back over .400 this year then he'll be the first since Williams. C'mon. Gwynn wasn't close to .400 any more than a guy who hits in 35 straight is "close" to Dimaggio.