[DOC] [TLE] George Brett's quest for .400 batting average fell off pace 35 years ago [PAR] Sep 18, 2015 ... George Brett's quest for .400, batting's holy grail, fell short 35 years ago ... 19, 
1980, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett went 2-for-4 ... Brett's 1980 
campaign is one of the greatest in baseball in the past 40 years. [DOC] [TLE] George Brett - Wikipedia [PAR] George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953), is a retired American baseball third 
baseman and .... Brett's batting average was at or above .400 as late in the 
season as ... and the country closely followed his quest to bat .400 for an entire 
season, a feat ... Brett's 1980 batting average of .390 is second only to Tony 
Gwynn's 1994... [DOC] [TLE] Historic Quest In trying to become the first hitter since Ted Williams ... [PAR] baseball is the computation that goes on after every at bat by. Helton, the 
lefthanded-hitting Colorado Rockies first baseman. He's trying to ... (.390 in 1980)
. The San Diego ... manager Buddy Bell, Brett's third-base contemporary during 
his playing days. .... Pittsburgh, he had dismissed talk of hitting .400 as "too early.
" [DOC] [TLE] Ted Williams' .406 in 1941 stands test of time | redsox.com [PAR] Jul 17, 2016 ... 20 with an even .400 average -- the latest date that anyone on this list was .... 
major areas of focus in his quest to put together a team that can defend the .... 
BOSTON -- The Red Sox have been impressed with the progress third baseman 
..... We had a chance to talk right at the end of the ballgame, we're AL... [DOC] [TLE] Why batting .400 has become baseball's unhittable benchmark - The ... [PAR] Jun 20, 2016 ... Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy still leads the National League in ... 
That night, Murphy went 1 for 3, and his batting average dropped to .397. ... again
, what everyone in baseball knows intuitively: Hitting .400 over a ... 19, 1980, but 
didn't have a multi-hit game over his next week, and finished at... [DOC] [TLE] Jos Altuve and the Quest for .400  The Hardball Times [PAR] Sep 21, 2016 ... So talk of Altuve as a great hitter is widespread, as it should be. ... In 1977, Carew 
was at his best in his third PA, worst in his fourth. In 1980, when he hit .390, 
George Brett's average declined from first to fourth .... These stats show that 
changes in baseball since 1941 weigh against the would-be .400 hitter,... [DOC] [TLE] BASEBALL; Williams Leaves Behind An Unmatched Legacy - The ... [PAR] Jul 6, 2002 ... The only thing Williams did better than talk about hitting baseballs was hit them. 
... George Brett batted .390 in 1980, Rod Carew .388 in 1977, Larry Walker ... He 
would have needed 21 more hits to maintain his .400 average. ... Even if a runner 
scored from third base after a fly out, unlike today, the batter... [DOC] [TLE] Joe Mauer's quest for .400  Twin Cities [PAR] Jun 26, 2009 ... Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki has hit for high average throughout his career ... George 
Brett was next, in 1980, when he was over .400 with six ... has at reaching the 
hallowed mark  Brett did it as a third baseman. ... despite the season's youth, 
talk about the catcher batting .400 was beginning to reach legitimacy. [DOC] [TLE] baseball | sport | Britannica.com [PAR] Feb 8, 2016 ... Baseball, game played with a bat, a ball, and gloves between two teams of ... In 
the quest to obtain greater cultural autonomy, Americans yearned for a sport ..... 
The National Association of Base Ball Players was organized in 1857, .... 
baseball to have a season batting average of more than .400 (.406 in... [DOC] [TLE] The Baseball Analysts: August 2008 Archives [PAR] Aug 30, 2008 ... What Would It Take to Hit .400 in the 21st Century? ..... Saber Talk, August 29, 
2008 ...

Question: This third baseman's quest for a .400 average was the talk of baseball in 1980
Answer: George Brett