actually, he was at .39955, which would have rounded to exactly .400, under the rules. He got 4 hits in the first game of the closing doubleheader, 2 in the second, to close at .406. So, he couldn't have fallen very far below .400, if at all, even if his first at-bat was an out. Also, today's NYT says that the sacrifice fly rule (SF = no at bat) wasn't in place then, so that by today's rules he would have hit about .415!!