From there, they went on to defeat the power-laden New York Yankees in a seven-game Series, during which Clemente batted. 310, hitting safely at least once in every game ( exactly one half of a streak which would be completed much more resoundingly eleven years later in The Great One's signature Series, i. e. the Pirates ' 1971, come-from-behind, seven-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles ).

During the 1960s, Clemente batted over. 300 in every year except 1968, when, thanks to yet another freak off-season injury ( à la 1965 ), he got off to the worst start of his major league career, hitting just. 245 by the All-Star break, and doing well just to reach. 291 by season's end.

On his first game back, Williams hit a home run, and he batted. 356 in 320 at bats on the season, lacking enough at bats to win the batting title over Al Kaline, who batted. 340 in 1955, while hitting 28 home runs and driving in 83 runs, while being named the " Comeback Player of the Year ".

In his career, he amassed 91 runs scored, 82 runs batted in and a. 252 batting average over 289 games.

In each of his MVP seasons, he batted over. 300, hit over 30 home runs and had over 100 runs batted in.

During the 1991 – 92 Australian season, Taylor batted consistently in a 4 – 0 series victory over India.

With the Red Sox battling as part of a four-team pennant race, Yastrzemski hit. 513 ( 23 hits in 44 at bats ) with five home runs and 16 runs batted in over the last two weeks of the season, and finished a mere one game ahead of the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins.

In the exciting 1981 American League Division Series, Winfield batted. 350 with two doubles and a triple and made some important defensive plays helping the Yankees to victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

For the season, Puckett batted. 332 with 28 home runs and 99 RBI Although he hit only. 208 in the Twins ' five game AL Championship Series win over the Detroit Tigers, Puckett would produce in the seven-game World Series upset over the St. Louis Cardinals, where he batted. 357.

Bass reached over the plate on the fifth occasion and batted the ball into the outfield for a single.

In the 1968 World Series against the Detroit Tigers, Brock had three stolen bases in Game 3 and contributed a double, triple, home run and four runs batted in during Game 4 to help the Cardinals build a three game to one advantage over the Tigers.

The hostile crowd watched as India batted for over two days to reach 7 / 437 after 203 overs.

In 1954, Reese batted. 309, the only season in which he hit over. 300.

Over his career in Chicago, he batted over. 300 four times, leading the league in 1980 at. 324, and was the Cubs ' sole representative at the 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Bass reached over the plate on the fifth occasion and batted the ball into the outfield for a single.

He had both runs batted in ( RBIs ) in the Cardinals ' 2 – 1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates that day.

It was Gardner's second run batted in of the game and his only ones of the year.

Mantle, the bull-necked blond switch-hitter, had one sensational triple-crown season, 1959, when he batted and also led the American League in home runs, 52, and rbi's, 130.

He batted unconvincingly and reached 28 when he hit a ball to Jack Ikin ; England believed it was a catch, but Bradman stood his ground, believing it to be a bump ball.

Australia, captained by Michael Clarke, batted first on a cloudy day after winning the toss and were bowled out for 280.

If a batter reaches first base because of offensive interference by a preceding runner ( including if a preceding runner is hit by a batted ball ), he is also credited with a hit.

The result was skyrocketing batting averages, including some near. 500 ; Tip O ' Neill of the St. Louis Browns batted. 485 that season, which would still be a major league record if recognized.

:( 3 ) pitcher, the catcher or any infielder handles a batted ball and puts out a preceding runner who is attempting to advance one base or to return to his original base, or would have put out such runner with ordinary effort except for a fielding error.

:( 5 ) runner is called out for interference with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball, unless in the scorer's judgment the batter-runner would have been safe had the interference not occurred.

As addressed within Rule 10. 08 ( d ) of the Official Baseball Rules, a sacrifice fly is not counted as a turn at bat for the batter, though the batter is credited with a run batted in.

Known for his hitting brilliance, Ruth set career records for home runs ( 714 ), slugging percentage (. 690 ), runs batted in ( RBI ) ( 2, 217 ), and on-base plus slugging ( OPS ) ( 1. 164 ).

Unlike many power hitters, Ruth also hit for a high batting average: his. 342 lifetime average is the tenth highest in baseball history, and in one season ( 1923 ) he batted. 393, a Yankee record.

Another rules change that affected Ruth was the method used by umpires to judge potential home runs when the batted ball left the field near a foul pole.

In addition to winning the 1966 MVP, Robinson also won the Triple Crown ( leading the American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in ), a feat also achieved the following season by Boston's Carl Yastrzemski but never since.

Unfortunately, the bats went cold in October, as manager Jim Riggleman's club batted. 183 and scored only four runs en route to being swept by Atlanta.

The park's characteristics did not affect just home runs either: 33-year-old outfielder Mike Kingery, a career. 252 hitter who did not play in the majors in 1993, batted. 349 in 301 at-bats.

Walker played in only 83 games and batted. 276 with 18 homers.

In 1980, Jackson batted. 300 for the only time in his career, and his 41 home runs tied with Ben Oglivie of the Milwaukee Brewers for the American League lead.

In, Brett batted. 294 ( the only time between 1976 and in which he did not bat at least. 300 ) in helping the Royals win a third consecutive AL West title.

He batted. 300 seven times, collected 100 runs batted in ( RBI ) eight times and 200 hits four times, and had eleven seasons with 20 home runs, also leading the league in home runs three times, RBIs and slugging average twice each.

His power numbers remained steady in 1990, as McGriff batted. 300 and established himself as a consistent producer.

Medwick won the Triple Crown in 1937 and batted. 300 in 14 of 17 seasons.

He was the second player at his position to hit 300 ( exactly 342 ) career home runs, joining Eddie Mathews, and also ended his career ranking second to Mathews among third basemen in slugging average (. 464 ) and third in runs batted in ( 1, 331 ), total bases ( 3, 779 ) and walks ( 1, 108 ).

Following the advice of Rogers Hornsby, he began using a heavier bat and blossomed into one of the National League's best hitters in 1923 when, he hit above. 300 for the first time with a. 338 batting average along with 12 home runs and 101 runs batted in.

He hit over. 300 ten times and, had over 100 runs batted in ( RBI ) in a season seven times.

Second baseman Jim Chamblee hit. 300 with 22 home runs and 73 runs batted in and led the league with 112 runs scored.

Munson batted. 308 with 100 RBIs in, giving him three consecutive seasons batting. 300 or better with 100 or more RBI each year.

Thomas is the only player in major league history to have seven consecutive seasons of a. 300 average and at least 100 walks, 100 runs, 100 runs batted in, and 20 home runs ( from 1991 to 1997 ).

In the season, Alou batted over. 300 for most of the season while driving in runs as he used to, before a late season slump dropped his season batting average to. 280, with 22 home runs and 91 RBIs.

At Clemson, Key posted a 9 – 3 record and 2. 79 ERA on the mound, and batted. 300 with 21 doubles.

In every season from 1999 to 2002, Stewart batted. 300 or higher and scored over 100 runs.

The 1964 campaign gave indications of what was to come ; he batted. 300 to finish sixth in the American League, along with 18 home runs and 80 runs batted in.

Baines batted over. 300 eight times and hit. 324 in 31 career postseason games, topping the. 350 mark in five separate series.

In April 2006, Burrell batted. 300 with seven home runs.