Honestly, I probably should not have mentioned those four seasons because that had nothing to do with my analysis.
Whatever he hit in any span of his previous seasons, to catch Cobb he would need to hit .400 for seven straight full seasons going 240 for 600 each year (and even then he would be one point short). I was just saying that I do not think he would have caught Cobb given that it is very hard to raise your career average 20 points when you already have 7510 ABs.
Since the next time a player hit .400 was in 1911, it is just my opinion that Delahanty would not have hit .400 for seven straight seasons from 1904-1910 starting at age 36.
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