According to Baseball-Reference.com, only 51 players finished at or above .400 (minimum 3, 000 plate appearances).
Cabrera has 501 plate appearances, one fewer than the required amount if the Giants play 162 games.
WSJ: MLB: Melky Cabrera Disqualified From National League Batting Title
Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo struck out in the first inning, ending 39 straight plate appearances without a strikeout.
Ichiro Suzuki has not reached base in his last 20 plate appearances.
But if he repeats his 2011 season, in which he had a .344 OBP in 512 plate appearances, Jones's career OBP would land at .399.
He struck out just 696 times in 12, 717 career plate appearances.
Baseball rules state a player needs to average 3.1 plate appearances for each of his team's games to become a batting, slugging or on-base percentage champion.
WSJ: MLB: Melky Cabrera Disqualified From National League Batting Title
In the last 50 years, just 10 teams have had three or more outfielders with at least 300 plate appearances who were worth zero marginal wins apiece.
Gwynn hit .353 in 498 plate appearances and won when four hitless at-bats were added and his average still topped that of Colorado's Ellis Burks, Gwynn's closest pursuer at .344.
WSJ: MLB: Melky Cabrera Disqualified From National League Batting Title
They were also striking out at a higher rate (24% of all plate appearances) and making contact with the ball at a lower rate (75% of all swings) than any other team in the National League.
As the agreement is worded, the only way Cabrera would qualify for the batting title is if the Giants had a rainout and played only 161 games, in which case 499 plate appearances would be sufficient.
WSJ: MLB: Melky Cabrera Disqualified From National League Batting Title
Besides accomplishing this historic feat, Larkin also led the Reds during the season in games played (152), plate appearances (627), runs (117), home runs (33), runs batted in (89), on base percentage (.410), slugging percentage (.567) and stolen bases (36).
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