Here is a list of all 2016 batting averages for all players with at least one at bat. Of the 15 players with at least a .400 BA, only Josh Bell is a position player. Among the pitchers, kudos to Tom Mione’s 2 for 2, but especially to Pedro Severino with a 7 for 17, and a .400/.512/.657 slash line.

One point here is to show, once again, how tough it is to hit .400, even over a few at bats. Gary Sanchez, who is as hot as hitters get, is currently at .395. I currently estimate his chance of hitting .400 at somewhere between three and four percent. (That, by the way, is an extremely conservative estimate.) Bell, with just 27 AB, has a long way to go to catch up to Sanchez. It remains, at any level of playing time, one of the toughest feats in baseball.