2007-08-15 08:35:52 · 6 answers · asked by anacrostic 6 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Larry (Napoleon) Lajoie who also had a career averge of .339.
2007-08-15 08:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nobody batted .422 in 1901. The closest to that number was the A's second baseman Nap Lajoie, who hit .426.
2007-08-15 15:44:22 · answer #2 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nap Lajoie batted .426 in 1901. The next closest average that year was .376.
2007-08-15 15:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by DAN H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-08-15 16:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by D Money 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napolean (Larry) Lajoie
2007-08-15 15:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Red Sox lover 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep going ?...
2007-08-15 15:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by #1 New York Yankees Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋