On April 18, a week after his four-hit Fenway Park debut, Fuld had four hits in four at bats against the White Sox. That raised his batting average to an AL-leading .396, to go along with his league lead in stolen bases. His batting average was the second-highest in team history through April 18 in a season, behind only Fred McGriff (1998). He became the first Tampa Bay leadoff batter with two four-hit games in a season since Carl Crawford, who did it twice in 2005, and the first major leaguer to have two four-hit games in the 2011 season. He was fourth in the league in hits (21), fifth in on-base percentage (.431) and OPS (1.035), tied for fifth in doubles (6), sixth in slugging percentage (.604), and was third-toughest player to strike out (one strikeout per 14.5 plate appearances). As of April 25, he was leading the AL with 10 stolen bases. A reporter for major league baseball, in explaining his rise to fame, wrote: "you won't find any other 5-foot-9... New Hampshire-born, Jewish, diabetic outfielders in the "Baseball Encyclopedia".