Sunday brought the Oakland A’s final game of the 2018 season, and Khris Davis went 0-for-2. Normally that would be a disappointing performance, but in this case it sealed one of the best statistical oddities in recent memory. Davis finished the summer hitting .247, making it four straight years that he’s carried that exact batting average.
There is a case to be made that Davis is the most consistent hitter in MLB history. Back in July, Michael Salfino and Neil Paine of FiveThirtyEight found that no other player had held their average so steady over a five-year span, with Norichika Aoki being the closest.