Microsoft announces record Q4, $18.06 billion in revenue. Microsoft has just dropped its Q4 2012 earnings report and things are looking pretty darn good... depending on your angle. The company reported a record fourth quarter revenue of $18.06 billion, but did suffer a net loss over the last three months of $492 million.
OK, .300 traditionally has been the mark of a good batting average, and .200 and below has been a poor one. The average batting average (a mouthful) has gone up from .260 to .275 or so in the last several years, so that affects perceptions.
Only 21 players (minimum 400 plate appearances) carried a .300 batting average into the week. That is a third of the total that reached the mark in the offensive explosion of 2000. We haven't quite reached the lows of 1968, when six players hit .300 and Carl Yastrzemski won the American League batting title at .301.