The calendar has turned to June and Miami’s Luis Arraez is flirting with a .400 batting average.

Considering the last man to hit that hallowed number for a full season — Boston’s Ted Williams — accomplished the feat in 1941 with a .406 average, it’s safe to say that Arraez is an extreme long shot to hit the mark. But it also might be a mistake to completely rule him out. He had a .392 average after Sunday’s games, going 5 for 5 on Saturday and 2 for 4 on Sunday. Arraez — last year’s American League batting champion — has quietly established himself as one of the game’s elite when it comes to simply getting base hits. The 2022 All-Star selection now has a career batting average of .324 in approximately 1,800 career plate appearances.

It takes 3,000 career plate appearances to make the batting average leaderboard over at baseball-reference.com. But when the 26-year-old is eligible to enter the list, he could be among some very, very impressive names.

Among the Hall of Famers around the .324 mark: Wade Boggs (.327), Rod Carew (.327), Joe DiMaggio (.325), Kirby Puckett (.318) and Roberto Clemente (.317). Arraez’s base-hit prowess is all the more impressive considering hitting for average is considered passé in today’s game. The average MLB hitter is batting .248 this season, compared to .262 when Williams accomplished his .406 average back in 1941.

Eyes on the ball

In an encouraging development for MLB, attendance is up for 23 of 30 teams when compared to the same point last season, through Saturday’s games.

There are 17 teams on pace to average 1,000 fans more per game than in 2022, led by the Philadelphia Phillies, who are pulling in nearly 12,000 more fans per game than at this time last season.