A career .307 hitter, Charlie Blackmon took the National League batting crown in 2017 with a career-best .331 average. Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Rockies star Charlie Blackmon is on fire at the plate, on pace for history

Originally posted on Sportsnaut | By Jesse Reed | Last updated 8/11/20

Midway through Tuesday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies star Charlie Blackmon is 2-for-2 at the plate.

Now here comes the kicker. This means that, through 16-plus games, Blackmon was hitting an absurd .500.

Charlie Blackmon is hitting .500 on the season. He is 34-for-68 at the plate. pic.twitter.com/KMMjTj99pM
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) August 12, 2020

A career .307 hitter, Blackmon took the National League batting crown in 2017 with a career-best .331 average.

Now? The dude is absolutely an inferno of batting excellence. And he has a legitimate chance to become the first player in MLB history since Ted Williams in 1941 to finish the season with a batting average of .400 or better.

Of the 35 players in MLB history to reach this coveted mark, 22 of them did it before 1900.

Doing it in this era of baseball would be really something. Even in a COVID-19-shortened season.

This article first appeared on Sportsnaut and was syndicated with permission.

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