2007-07-27 18:16:10 · 6 answers · asked by Dan 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Sadly, we'll never know. But let's look at his stats.
Gwynn last saw .400 on 15-May when he finished the day at .408; he went 0-3 in the next game to drop to .398.
His low AVG for the rest of the season was .376 (08-June); when he moved back above .380, he only dipped below that mark for one day the rest of the season.
His high after the .376 low was .394 on 11-Aug, when the season ended. He spent most of the time, a little over two months, in the high .380s or low .390s, and he was going strong, but there was no clear sign of a push higher.
So many factors could play -- would he have begun tiring in the summer heat? Would he have faced raw kid pitchers in September and eaten their stuff? Would the media coverage -- and there would have been plenty -- been too distracting, or inspiring? We cannot know. There was about 50 games left to play, and though having a .400 season in living memory would have been wonderful, I suspect he would have fallen short -- not agonizingly short, like one or two hits and three points, but George Brett-short -- close, .390ish, but clearly it wasn't meant to be. Still would have been great fun to watch though.
2007-07-27 18:32:23 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible. He almost always managed to hit the ball, having struck out only 4.6% of the time averaged out over his career. If the ball bounced his way a few times he could have pulled it out. I believe he came the closes to .400 since George Brett's run for .400 in 1980.
2007-07-28 02:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mike W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretty good possiblility.. only .006 away...i heard tony gwynn say once that he was only a hacker.. ya right tony, you hacked your way right to the hof... i was looking at his stats on the baseball reference for that year, and i see his .394 came in 7th in voting for the mvp.. how does bonds* measly .312, piazza measly .319, and matt williams and his super .267 rate ahead of gwynns .394, ill never know...
2007-07-28 01:36:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly, and the Expos might have won the World Series.
2007-07-28 09:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by samdugan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-28 03:12:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-07-28 01:30:08 · answer #6 · answered by mattius337 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋