George Brett's Crazy July in 1980

by Freneau on Feb 15, 2012 11:16 AM EST

In 1980, George Brett hit .390, flirting with the magical .400 line all season long. He was hitting .406 on August 30th and was at .400 as late as September 19, game number 148 on the season. In the last forty years, we've really only seen a handful of players get this close to .400. What drove...