Juan Pierre & The .400 Club

Since moving to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers have had many players hit .400 in a single month.  There have been 67 separate .400 months, in fact, with a minimum of 20 plate appearances.

There have been a number of LA Dodgers who have joined the .400 club multiple times, including:

• Pedro Guerrero:  4 times
• Don Drysdale:  3 times
• Mike Piazza:  3 times
• Steve Garvey:  twice
• Dave Hansen:  twice
• Eric Karros:  twice
• Paul LoDuca:  twice
• Olmedo Saenz:  twice
• Terry Whitefield:  twice

Juan Pierre, who went eight for 20 in April to join the .400 club, is close to becoming the first LA Dodger to hit .400 in consecutive months.  He currently has 40 hits in 101 at-bats, good for a .39604 average for the month.  With two games left in the month, depending on at-bats, Pierre will need the following number of hits to rejoin the .400 club:

If we increase the minimum to 50 plate appearances, there have been 27 different .400 months in Los Angeles Dodger history, with Pierre trying to become #28.

Incidentally, Juan Castro is 13 for 34 in May.  He's at .38235, but if he goes one for one this weekend he will join the .400 club as well.

Read after the jump for the complete list of .400 months in LA Dodger history.

.400 months in LA Dodger history (minimum 20 PA)

For ease of research, March games were couned in April, and October games were counted in September.  Thanks to the amazing Baseball-Reference.com for providing the vehicle to do this research.