[doug from upland]

Would anyone who came close to .400 since Ted did it have made it to the magic mark had the SAC fly rule been in play? When was it adopted?

[BohDaThone]

I don't think so. It must have been after 1960, as one account said that williams would have won the batting crown in 19(58, I think), which he lost, something like .3439 to .34375, but he had one more sac fly than the winner.

None of the accounts have mentioned that Gwynn, etc. would have done any better, so I am assuming the new scoring convention went in in the 60s.