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- average at .39955. His
- manager told him he
- could sit out to save his
- average, which would
- have been rounded up to
- a perfect .400. But Ted wanted to play. He
- went on to get six hits in eight at-bats and
- finish the season with a .406 average.
-
- Over his 19-season career, TedΓÇÖs batting
- averaged dipped below .300 only once. His
- lifetime average was .344. And if he hadnΓÇÖt
- missed five seasons during the prime of his
- career (he was a Marine Corps pilot in World
- War II and in the Korean war), Ted might
- have broken Babe RuthΓÇÖs home run record
- before Hank Aaron did.
-
- TedΓÇÖs last at-bat is one of the most