Florida Marlins hitter Luis Arraez finished the month of April with a .438 batting average, which would be a modern record if expanded across a full season. To shorten the horizon, I want to test if Arraez will get to mid-July at .3995 or higher.

Multiple players in the past 30 years have flirted with the mythical .400 BA, but the closest finish was during the strike-shortened 1994 season, where Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn held a .394 BA when players went on strike in August of that year.

The last player to finish a full season above .400 was Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams, who was given the option to sit during the September 28 double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics. Williams refused, played both games, and hit safely in 6 of his 8 official at-bats, raising his final batting average from .3996 to .4057.