[Kepner] Whatever happened to the 200-hit season? A batting champ and a hitting coach explain

Mattingly had three seasons with 200 hits, from 1984 through 1986 with the New York Yankees. He manages one player, Luis Arraez, who has done it twice. But this will almost certainly be the second season in a row — and the fourth in the last six — in which nobody in the majors gets to 200. Otto Lopez of the Miami Marlins leads the sport in hits with 182. He would need to average two per game for the remainder of the season to get to 200. Yandy Díaz of the Tampa Bay Rays leads the American League with 173, also with nine games to play. Until 2013, every season with a 162-game schedule included

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