| Under current rules, a player must have 3.1 plate appearances (PA) per team game (for a total of 502 over the current 162-game season or 477 pre-1961) to qualify for the batting title. However, if a player's lead in AVG is sufficiently large that enough hitless at bats can be added to reach this requirement and the player still would have the highest batting average, he wins the title. Tony Gwynn, for example, had 159 hits in 451 ABs in 1996 (.353 average) but only 498 PAs. Gwynn's batting average would have dropped to .349 (159 hits in 455 ABs) with four hitless ABs added to reach the 502 PA requirement, but this would still have been higher than the next-highest eligible player (Ellis Burks .344), so he was awarded the 1996 NL batting title.
Perhaps a better title for this game would be .350 Batting AVG (Since 1950) of all players with at least 300 Plate Appearances.
Otherwise, good concept. |
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