Thanks to a 5-5 night on July 11, at the end of play following Sim 7A, Rochester's Wee Willie Keeler's batting average stands at .392. The next best average hitter in the game is Tip O'Neill, well off the mark at .379.Since June 1st (6 weeks) Keeler has batted .428 and over the past month a robust .441. With a 'real-life' batting average of .424 Keeler has a legitimate shot at finishing the season above the magical .400 barrier.
Keeler got off to a slow start (by his standards anyway) compiling a sub-.300 batting average over his first 50 at bats. Between April 23rd and and June 5th he batted .400 on the nose only to struggle (ha! .360) over the next week to see his average dip to .364.
Outside his first 5 at bats, his high water mark came on June 18th and June 19th where he finished with a .397 average.
Keeler already has 41 multi-hit games and is the only player in the game to have two 5-hit affairs.
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