A little known baseball stat for ya. You can win the batting title without the minimum # of plate a

RonBurgundy

Minimum # of plate appearances required is 502 to win the batting title. But, if you get at least 495 appearances the stats mavens will give you an automatic 0 for 7 to get you to 502. If you still lead in batting average after that calculation, you win the batting title.



RON STATSBOY BURGUNDY

Barndog

what if your team plays only 161 games?

markj111

This fact received a lot of publicity when Brett made a run at .400, but was injured part of season. I do not remember which year it was. A lot of the talking heads did not like the rule.

ymarea

The rule for league leader qualification is that a player must have a minimum of 3.1 plate appearances for every game his team plays. If a player falls short of the required total but would still be leading the league if the difference were applied, then he is considered the league leader.

For example, Joe hits .400, going 160-400 with 63 walks and 0 HPB for a team that played 162 games. His 463 plate appearances leaves him 39 shy of the minimum required. John has the required amount and finsihes with the 2nd-highest average of .363. Adding 39 AB's to Joe's 400 leaves him with a .364 avg (160-439) and the batting crown. Of course, those 39 AB's aren't actually added to Joe's total. They are only used to determine whether or not Joe would still have a higher average than John.



Edited for spelling.

WinPitcher

Ron a player needs 3.1 plate appearances per game his team plays in.

It has happened at least one time when a player had a high enough average over the runnerup
where if he went 0 for whatever (the amount needed to get to 3.1 per game) he could still win the title.


I think 1996 Tony Gwynn did that.

Steve

WinPitcher

The year Brett hit 390 he had the required amount of plate appearances.



Steve

ymarea

<< <i>This fact received a lot of publicity when Brett made a run at .400, but was injured part of season. I do not remember which year it was. A lot of the talking heads did not like the rule. >>



The year was 1980. Brett finised with 449 AB, but his 58 walks pushed his total plate appearances over the required minimun, so the little-used rule did not go into affect.

WinPitcher

Brett we keep saying the same things. lol


Steve

ymarea

<< <i>Brett we keep saying the same things. lol


Steve >>



I know. We're typing at the same time, unbeknownst to one another. You are quicker off the draw than I.

WinPitcher

We did this yesterday too!

lol


Steve