The AL Batting Title Race Is Wide Open - And Jarren Duran and Masataka Yoshida Are In It

For the 27th time in Red Sox history, there is an outside chance that one of their hitters can win a batting title. 26 batting titles is a pretty staggering amount. The most recent was Mookie Betts, hitting .346 during his MVP season of 2018. Before that, the Red Sox had four batting titles in five years from 1999-2003, with two from Nomar Garciaparra, one from Manny Ramirez, and, of course, one from Bill Mueller.

Only one of those 26 batting titles came from someone hitting less than .