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Originally Posted by Jabez54
Is the Babe going for his first TCW? ... 
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Well, with his Injury and his days off Pitching it will be close whether he has enough PA's to qualify for BA Title. Right now over the last 68 games he needs to average 3.7 Plate appearances per game to get to the required number of 475 (Based on 3.1 PA per game in 154 game schedule).
But babe (.417) is also 39 points higher than O'Doul (.378) who is leading the AL in AVE right now. There is a little known rule that if you can add the number of required AB's to a player's stats without giving him credit for a hit and his average is still Higher he can win the Batting Title with fewer PA's than what is required. So if Ruth is 10 AB's short and you figure his average with the same hits and 10 additional AB's and he still has a Higher AVE He will be credited with the Bartting title....now the question is "does OOTP actually employ this particular obscure rule in it's equation for figuring the batting ave leader? Probably not.
But it is still very possible that Ruth could win the Triple Crown!