The New Field of Dreams: Baseball Could Have Its First .400 Hitter Since Ted Williams
A player who is known as, for all the hits with which he litters the field, ‘The Sprinkler’ aims to do what has eluded the big leagues for eight decades.
An infielder for the Miami Marlins, Luis Arráez, rapped five hits in five at bats on a Monday night at Florida, which would itself be remarkable. It is no product of a misprint or a mathematical error, though, to observe that his average for the season, halfway through this 2023 campaign, is .400. A record at the plate of .300 is considered excellent. .400 is scarcely believable.
One year after the Yankee slugger Aaron Judge broke the American League record for home runs in a season, a very different player — slight, speedy, expert at putting bat on ball rather than launching tape measure big flies — is mounting a bid for a .400 season. That would be a feat as nearly as rare as a tooth from a hen.
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