Who was the last baseball player to bat over .400?

Hitting .400 for a full season is one of baseball's most revered and seemingly unattainable milestones. The last player to reach this legendary mark was Boston Red Sox icon Ted Williams, who finished the 1941 season with an incredible .406 batting average. For over eight decades, his accomplishment has stood as the benchmark for hitting excellence, a feat no qualified batter has been able to replicate in the modern era of the sport.

The story of his 1941 season is cemented in legend, particularly its final day. Going into a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics, Williams' average was .39955, which would have been rounded up to .400 had he sat out. Instead of protecting his average, Williams famously chose to play in both games to earn the distinction without any doubt. He put on a hitting clinic, going 6-