Next player to hit 400

jumanji · Post #1 » by **jumanji** » Thu Jun 4, 2009 7:55 pm

I honestly think Joe Mauer has a chance to do it. The thing i think it takes is someone that has a great eye and gets a fair number of walks. Only problem with Mauer is he's at about 110 ABs and it would take about 500 to qualify.

livestrong4ever · Post #2 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sat Jun 6, 2009 8:08 pm

I don't think Mauer will ever hit .400. Its way to tough. Him being a catcher to me makes it ten times tougher. His cloest year was .347. Besides that his best year was .328 i believe. He has a long long way to go. I think Ichrio still has the best over all shot at taking it. Its tough to say.

livestrong4ever · Post #3 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sat Jun 6, 2009 8:11 pm

And I dont mean Ichrio this year. I am talking about years in the future. Mauer may be able to qualify, if they put him at DH instead of resting him on some of his off days. But I don't think he will be hitting .400 by the middle of August. I would be very surprised.

Post #4 » by **craig01** » Sun Jun 7, 2009 6:17 pm

Post #5 » by **Worm Guts** » Sun Jun 7, 2009 6:26 pm

jumanji wrote:I honestly think Joe Mauer has a chance to do it. The thing i think it takes is someone that has a great eye and gets a fair number of walks. Only problem with Mauer is he's at about 110 ABs and it would take about 500 to qualify.

I don't think Mauer will hit .400, but unless he gets hurt again he should have no problem qualifying. It take 3.1 plate appearances for every game you team has played to qualify, he's 31 plate appearances behind that pace right now.

Post #6 » by **Worm Guts** » Sun Jun 7, 2009 6:28 pm

livestrong4ever wrote:And I dont mean Ichrio this year. I am talking about years in the future.

Ichiro's 35 years old, his best years are probably behind him.

livestrong4ever · Post #7 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sun Jun 7, 2009 8:29 pm

Worm Guts wrote:
livestrong4ever wrote:And I dont mean Ichrio this year. I am talking about years in the future.

Ichiro's 35 years old, his best years are probably behind him.

He shows no signs of slowing down.

Post #8 » by **Worm Guts** » Sun Jun 7, 2009 8:35 pm

livestrong4ever wrote:
Worm Guts wrote:
livestrong4ever wrote:And I dont mean Ichrio this year. I am talking about years in the future.

Ichiro's 35 years old, his best years are probably behind him.

He shows no signs of slowing down.

Sure, but I still think it's unlikely that he's going to put up a career year at this point.

Post #9 » by **lpsevier** » Mon Jun 8, 2009 12:47 pm

Pujols before Mauer, although I doubt either ever do it.

livestrong4ever · Post #10 » by **livestrong4ever** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 1:02 am

IMO I think it will be a veteran player to break the record.

Post #11 » by **Stanford** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 2:12 am

What record?

livestrong4ever · Post #12 » by **livestrong4ever** » Tue Jun 9, 2009 7:38 pm

Stanford wrote:What record?

beating ted williams .400 batitng average for the season.
what the hell are we all talking about here.
maybe its not the record but w/e.

Dirty Water · Post #13 » by **Dirty Water** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:24 pm

livestrong4ever wrote:
Stanford wrote:What record?

beating ted williams .400 batitng average for the season.
what the hell are we all talking about here.
maybe its not the record but w/e.

It's not really a "record"
Ted Williams batted .406, last player to bat over .400. There are plenty of players with higher batting averages before that... .420+ range. Those were different eras though, we will never EVER see anything in that range ever again. I'd consider hitting .400 to be a modern record in itself.

For years Ted Williams was convinced Nomar Garciaparra was going to be the guy who was going to hit .400 next, considering his .372 average in 2000. Guys like Tony Gwynn and Chipper Jones always were in good running, but I'm not sure Joe Mauer is a good enough pure hitter to do it. Like someone said earlier, i would not be at all surprised if Ichiro would do it one of these next few years, even at his old age.

Post #14 » by **Worm Guts** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:16 pm

Ghost of the Garden wrote: but I'm not sure Joe Mauer is a good enough pure hitter to do it. Like someone said earlier, i would not be at all surprised if Ichiro would do it one of these next few years, even at his old age.

I feel like I need to point out Mauer has won 2 out of the last 3 AL batting titles and has a higher batting average since 2006 than Ichiro.

Jwade · Post #15 » by **Jwade** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:04 pm

Mauer is the first and second AL Catcher ever to win a batting title.

Dirty Water · Post #16 » by **Dirty Water** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:44 pm

Worm Guts wrote:
Ghost of the Garden wrote: but I'm not sure Joe Mauer is a good enough pure hitter to do it. Like someone said earlier, i would not be at all surprised if Ichiro would do it one of these next few years, even at his old age.

I feel like I need to point out Mauer has won 2 out of the last 3 AL batting titles and has a higher batting average since 2006 than Ichiro.

Ok.

I'm not saying he can't. He's certainly younger and has more chances in his future. Being an everyday catcher certainly does not help him though, which is my point.

Dirty Water · Post #17 » by **Dirty Water** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:01 pm

4 for 4 last night for Mauer. Average up to .429. Yikes. Did the math and it looks like in a couple weeks if he keeps up his plate appearances per game he will start qualifying amongst league leaders.

RoyceDa59 · Post #18 » by **RoyceDa59** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:42 pm

To be honest I think cranking 400 homers in one season is too hard to do these days.

livestrong4ever · Post #19 » by **livestrong4ever** » Wed Jul 1, 2009 1:50 am

Ichrios batting average .375 Mauers .382
Lets see who's is higher at the end of the season.
My money is on Ichrio.

nesta · Post #20 » by **nesta** » Fri Jul 3, 2009 10:07 pm

ichiro could probably do it if the whole field was made of artificial turf