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- toughguy2Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Larry (Napoleon) Lajoie who also had a career averge of .339.
- Craig SLv 71 decade ago
Nobody batted .422 in 1901. The closest to that number was the A's second baseman Nap Lajoie, who hit .426.
- 1 decade ago
Yeah but lets not wet our pants over .400 BA before 1925, baseball was a completely different game. Look at the size of the parks, not to mention the game was just played differently, homeruns were not a viable weapon and nobody struck out much. Players used huge heavy bats, and just tried to make contact; lots of H&R. Now not to diminish LaJoies accomplishments (hell he was so good the Cleveland team was named after him for a while). But his .426 avg would be the equivalent of about .380-.385 today.
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