Ted Williams final 84 plate appearances in 1941: .406 Batting Average.

In his final Plate Appearance (PA) Saturday, September 27, 1941, Ted Williams Batting Average (BA) dropped to .3996. That was Boston Red Sox game 153 out of 155 they would play. The final two games were played the next day in a Sunday doubleheader in Philadelphia against the Athletics. Data derived from https://www.baseball-reference.com/

I filled in Jim Bagby data from retrosheet.org for the September 17, 1941 game. Bagby was the only Cleveland pitcher that day. Baseball Reference had Williams third and fourth PA reversed; I corrected. My stuff is in Italics. Here's the link for this "deduced" game, judge for yourself but it seems pretty obvious:

https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B09170BOS1941.htm

DH: doubleheader.

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523	Thu, Sep 4, 1941		161	392	.4107	1	1	1B	4	NYY	Atley Donald	down 6-3	b8	1--	1	Single to RF; J. Cronin to 3B
524	Sat, Sep 6, 1941							BB	1	@NYY	Marv Breuer	ahead 0-1	t1	-2-	0	Walk
525	Sat, Sep 6, 1941		161	393	.4097	0	1	Out	2	@NYY	Marv Breuer	ahead 1-3	t3	---	0	Flyball: 1B
526	Sat, Sep 6, 1941		161	394	.4086	0	1	Out	3	@NYY	Marv Breuer	ahead 1-3	t5	---	2	Flyball: 3B
527	Sat, Sep 6, 1941		161	395	.4076	0	1	Out	4	@NYY	Marv Breuer	ahead 1-4	t7	---	2	Flyball: RF
528	Sat, Sep 6, 1941		162	396	.4091	1	1	1B	5	@NYY	Steve Peek	ahead 1-7	t9	--3	1	Single; L. Finney Scores
529	Sun, Sep 7, 1941		163	397	.4106	1	1	2B	1	@NYY	Lefty Gomez	tied 0-0	t1	---	2	Double to RF
530	Sun, Sep 7, 1941		164	398	.4121	1	1	1B	2	@NYY	Lefty Gomez	down 2-0	t3	---	2	Single to RF
531	Sun, Sep 7, 1941		165	399	.4135	1	1	2B	3	@NYY	Lefty Gomez	down 5-0	t5	---	0	Double to CF
532	Sun, Sep 7, 1941							BB	4	@NYY	Lefty Gomez	down 8-2	t6	123	0	Walk; M. Ryba Scores; S. Newsome to 3B; L. Finney to 2B
533	Sun, Sep 7, 1941		165	400	.4125	0	1	Out	5	@NYY	Johnny Murphy	down 8-5	t8	---	1	Flyball: CF
534	Tue, Sep 9, 1941							BB	1	DET	Johnny Gorsica	ahead 0-1	b1	---	2	Walk
535	Tue, Sep 9, 1941		166	401	.4140	1	1	1B	2	DET	Johnny Gorsica	ahead 0-6	b2	---	2	Single to RF
536	Tue, Sep 9, 1941		166	402	.4129	0	1	Out	3	DET	Bud Thomas	ahead 0-6	b5	---	0	Flyball: RF
537	Tue, Sep 9, 1941		166	403	.4119	0	1	Out	4	DET	Bud Thomas	ahead 0-6	b7	1--	2	Groundout: P-1B
538	Wed, Sep 10, 1941							BB	1	DET	Bobo Newsom	ahead 0-1	b1	12-	0	Walk; L. Finney to 3B; J. Cronin to 2B
539	Wed, Sep 10, 1941		166	404	.4109	0	1	Out	2	DET	Dizzy Trout	ahead 2-4	b3	---	0	Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
540	Wed, Sep 10, 1941		167	405	.4123	1	1	1B	3	DET	Dizzy Trout	ahead 2-4	b4	123	1	Single to RF; M. Harris Scores; D. DiMaggio Scores; L. Finney to 2B
541	Wed, Sep 10, 1941		168	406	.4138	1	1	2B	4	DET	Dizzy Trout	ahead 2-7	b6	-2-	2	Double to LF (Line Drive); J. Cronin Scores
542	Wed, Sep 10, 1941		168	407	.4128	0	1	Out	5	DET	Hal Manders	ahead 2-11	b8	---	0	Flyball: LF
543	Fri, Sep 12, 1941							BB	1	SLB	Johnny Niggeling	tied 0-0	b2	---	0	Walk
544	Fri, Sep 12, 1941		168	408	.4118	0	1	Out	2	SLB	Johnny Niggeling	ahead 0-2	b3	---	2	Groundout: 1B-P
545	Fri, Sep 12, 1941		168	409	.4108	0	1	Out	3	SLB	Johnny Niggeling	ahead 0-2	b5	1--	2	Flyball: CF
546	Fri, Sep 12, 1941		168	410	.4098	0	1	Out	4	SLB	Johnny Niggeling	ahead 0-3	b7	1--	0	Flyball: LF
547	Fri, Sep 12, 1941							IBB	5	SLB	Johnny Niggeling	ahead 0-4	b8	--3	2	Intentional Walk
548	Sat, Sep 13, 1941		168	411	.4088	0	1	Out	1	SLB	Elden Auker	tied 0-0	b1	1--	2	Popfly: 2B
549	Sat, Sep 13, 1941							IBB	2	SLB	Elden Auker	ahead 2-3	b3	--3	1	Intentional Walk
550	Sat, Sep 13, 1941							IBB	3	SLB	Bill Trotter	ahead 2-5	b5	-2-	2	Intentional Walk
551	Sat, Sep 13, 1941							BB	4	SLB	Maury Newlin	ahead 2-6	b7	---	1	Walk
552	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	1						BB	1	CHW	Ted Lyons	down 2-1	b1	1--	1	Walk; L. Finney to 2B
553	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	1						IBB	2	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 2-5	b2	-23	1	Intentional Walk
554	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	1	168	412	.4078	0	1	Out	3	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 2-7	b4	---	0	Flyball: RF
555	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	1	169	413	.4092	1	1	2B	4	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 2-7	b6	---	2	Double
556	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	1	170	414	.4106	1	1	1B	5	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 2-7	b8	12-	2	Single; D. DiMaggio Scores; S. Newsome to 2B
557	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	2	170	415	.4096	0	1	Out	1	CHW	Thornton Lee	down 1-0	b1	1--	2	Groundout: 2B-1B
558	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	2	170	416	.4087	0	1	SO	2	CHW	Thornton Lee	tied 1-1	b4	---	0	Strikeout
559	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	2	170	417	.4077	0	1	Out	3	CHW	Thornton Lee	tied 1-1	b6	1--	2	Groundout: P-1B
560	Sun, Sep 14, 1941	2	171	418	.4091	1	1	3B	4	CHW	Thornton Lee	ahead 1-2	b8	-2-	1	Triple (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Newsome Scores
561	Mon, Sep 15, 1941		171	419	.4081	0	1	Out	1	CHW	Johnny Rigney	tied 0-0	b2	---	0	Popfly: SS
562	Mon, Sep 15, 1941		171	420	.4071	0	1	Out	2	CHW	Johnny Rigney	tied 0-0	b4	12-	0	Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-2B; L. Finney out at Hm/C-3B-1B-SS-3B
563	Mon, Sep 15, 1941							BB	3	CHW	Johnny Rigney	tied 0-0	b6	1-3	1	Walk; J. Cronin to 2B
564	Mon, Sep 15, 1941		172	421	.4086	1	1	HR	4	CHW	Johnny Rigney	ahead 0-3	b7	12-	2	Home Run (Deep CF); D. DiMaggio Scores; L. Finney Scores
565	Wed, Sep 17, 1941		172	422	.4076	0	1	Out	1	CLE	Jim Bagby	down 2-0	b2	---		Have play-by-play for this game? Contribute it and earn a reward.
566	Wed, Sep 17, 1941		172	423	.4066	0	1	Out	2	CLE	Jim Bagby	down 2-1	b4	---		Have play-by-play for this game? Contribute it and earn a reward.
567	Wed, Sep 17, 1941							BB	3	CLE	Jim Bagby	down 2-1	b6	---		Have play-by-play for this game? Contribute it and earn a reward.
568	Wed, Sep 17, 1941		173	424	.4080	1	1	2B	4	CLE	Jim Bagby	down 2-1	b8	---		Have play-by-play for this game? Contribute it and earn a reward.
569	Thu, Sep 18, 1941		173	425	.4071	0	1	Out	1	CLE	Bob Feller	down 4-0	b1	1--	2	Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
570	Thu, Sep 18, 1941		173	426	.4061	0	1	Out	2	CLE	Bob Feller	down 4-1	b4	---	0	Groundout: 2B-1B
571	Thu, Sep 18, 1941							BB	3	CLE	Bob Feller	down 5-1	b6	1--	1	Walk; L. Finney to 2B
572	Thu, Sep 18, 1941		173	427	.4052	0	1	SO	4	CLE	Bob Feller	down 5-1	b8	-2-	1	Strikeout
573	Sat, Sep 20, 1941		174	428	.4065	1	1	1B	1	NYY	Marius Russo	tied 0-0	b1	1--	2	Single to CF; J. Cronin to 2B
574	Sat, Sep 20, 1941		175	429	.4079	1	1	1B	2	NYY	Marius Russo	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0	Single to CF; J. Cronin to 3B; T. Williams out at 2B/CF-3B-2B
575	Sat, Sep 20, 1941		175	430	.4070	0	1	SO	3	NYY	Marius Russo	down 2-1	b5	---	2	Strikeout
576	Sat, Sep 20, 1941		175	431	.4060	0	1	Out	4	NYY	Marius Russo	down 8-1	b8	---	0	Flyball: SS
577	Sun, Sep 21, 1941		175	432	.4051	0	1	Out	1	NYY	Tiny Bonham	ahead 0-1	b1	---	2	Groundout: SS-1B
578	Sun, Sep 21, 1941		175	433	.4042	0	1	Out	2	NYY	Tiny Bonham	tied 1-1	b4	---	1	Lineout: CF
579	Sun, Sep 21, 1941		176	434	.4055	1	1	HR	3	NYY	Tiny Bonham	ahead 1-2	b6	--3	2	Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cronin Scores
580	Sun, Sep 21, 1941							BB	4	NYY	Johnny Murphy	ahead 1-4	b8	1--	1	Walk; S. Newsome to 2B
581	Tue, Sep 23, 1941		176	435	.4046	0	1	Out	1	@WSH	Sid Hudson	tied 0-0	t1	-2-	2	Groundout: 1B unassisted
582	Tue, Sep 23, 1941		177	436	.4060	1	1	2B	2	@WSH	Sid Hudson	down 2-1	t4	---	0	Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
583	Tue, Sep 23, 1941		177	437	.4050	0	1	Out	3	@WSH	Sid Hudson	ahead 2-3	t5	1--	2	Flyball: RF
584	Tue, Sep 23, 1941							BB	4	@WSH	Sid Hudson	ahead 2-3	t8	---	0	Walk
585	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	1	177	438	.4041	0	1	Out	1	@WSH	Dutch Leonard	tied 0-0	t2	---	0	Foul Popfly: C
586	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	1						BB	2	@WSH	Dutch Leonard	ahead 0-2	t4	---	0	Walk
587	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	1	177	439	.4032	0	1	Out	3	@WSH	Dutch Leonard	ahead 0-2	t6	---	1	Groundout: P-1B
588	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	1	177	440	.4023	0	1	Out	4	@WSH	Dutch Leonard	ahead 0-7	t7	1--	1	Flyball: CF
589	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	1						BB	5	@WSH	Red Anderson	ahead 2-7	t9	-2-	2	Walk
590	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	2	177	441	.4014	0	1	SO	1	@WSH	Dick Mulligan	tied 0-0	t2	---	0	Strikeout Looking
591	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	2	178	442	.4027	1	1	1B	2	@WSH	Dick Mulligan	tied 0-0	t4	---	0	Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
592	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	2	178	443	.4018	0	1	Out	3	@WSH	Dick Mulligan	ahead 1-3	t5	---	2	Groundout: 1B unassisted
593	Wed, Sep 24, 1941	2	178	444	.4009	0	1	Out	4	@WSH	Dick Mulligan	tied 4-4	t7	-2-	2	Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
594	Sat, Sep 27, 1941							BB	1	@PHA	Roger Wolff	tied 0-0	t2	---	0	Walk
595	Sat, Sep 27, 1941		179	445	.4022	1	1	2B	2	@PHA	Roger Wolff	tied 0-0	t4	---	0	Double to RF
596	Sat, Sep 27, 1941		179	446	.4013	0	1	Out	3	@PHA	Roger Wolff	ahead 0-4	t5	---	1	Flyball: RF
597	Sat, Sep 27, 1941		179	447	.4004	0	1	Out	4	@PHA	Roger Wolff	ahead 1-4	t8	---	0	Foul Popfly: LF
598	Sat, Sep 27, 1941		179	448	.3996	0	1	SO	5	@PHA	Roger Wolff	ahead 1-5	t9	1--	2	Strikeout
599	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	1	180	449	.4009	1	1	1B	1	@PHA	Dick Fowler	tied 0-0	t2	---	0	Single to RF
600	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	1	181	450	.4022	1	1	HR	2	@PHA	Dick Fowler	down 2-0	t5	---	0	Home Run (Deep CF)
601	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	1	182	451	.4035	1	1	1B	3	@PHA	Porter Vaughan	down 11-3	t6	1--	0	Single to RF; A. Flair to 3B
602	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	1	183	452	.4049	1	1	1B	4	@PHA	Porter Vaughan	down 11-6	t7	--3	2	Single to RF; A. Flair Scores
603	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	1	183	453	.4040	0	1	RoE	5	@PHA	Tex Shirley	down 11-10	t9	---	0	Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); T. Williams to 1B
604	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	2	184	454	.4053	1	1	1B	1	@PHA	Fred Caligiuri	down 3-0	t2	---	0	Single to RF
605	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	2	185	455	.4066	1	1	2B	2	@PHA	Fred Caligiuri	down 4-0	t4	---	2	Double to CF
606	Sun, Sep 28, 1941	2	185	456	.4057	0	1	Out	3	@PHA	Fred Caligiuri	down 6-0	t7	---	0	Flyball: LF
PA	theDate	DH	H	AB	BA	H?	AB?	Event	Gm#	Opp	Pitcher	Score	Inn	RoB	Out	Play Description

DH: doubleheader

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