Chipper and .400

6stringbeliever posted 5/13/2008 from section435.com [flag]

Among the last players to seriously flirt with .400 is George Brett who hit .390 in 1980. Brett was a career .305 hitter (compare to Jones’ .309) whose next highest average season was .333 in 1976. Tony Gwynn also flirted with .400 in 1994 ... it was an outlier of a season for both Brett and Gwynn, but you can't count out Jones just because he's a career .309 hitter. [link]

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