Famously, no player has hit over .400 through a full Major League Baseball season since Ted Williams finished with a .406 batting average in 1941. In all likelihood, that will still be the case at the end of 2019.
That doesn't mean Cody Bellinger can't give it a shot.
Although an 0-for-4 on Wednesday dropped Bellinger's average down to .394, it's extraordinary enough that the Los Angeles Dodgers' 23-year-old outfielder/first baseman was hitting at a .404 clip through his first 47 games. And that figure couldn't be dismissed out of hand for two reasons.