• Never in the history of the sport have there been more homers per game than in 2019 (1.38). Even at the height of the steroid era there weren't nearly as many. (1.17 in 2000) https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/mlb/bat.shtml 12 comments 24/7/2019 baseball
• More batters were hit by a pitch last year than in any other season in baseball history. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/mlb/bat.shtml#teams_standard_batting_totals::24 20 comments 14/3/2019 baseball
• League wide batting average this year is .248, the lowest it's been since 1972. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/bat.shtml#all_teams_standard_batting 264 comments 19/9/2018 baseball
• Teams are averaging just 8.34 hits per game this season; the lowest league-wide total since 1972. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/mlb/bat.shtml/ 13 comments 19/6/2018 baseball
• League wide batting average is .245, a .010 drop from last year and the lowest it's been since 1972. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/mlb/bat.shtml 132 comments 10/5/2018 baseball
• As of yesterday, the rate of HR per game during the 2017 season is the highest in history...by a lot. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/bat.shtml 37 comments 10/6/2017 baseball
• TIL Major League Baseball has set the league-wide strikeouts per game record nine straight years. 8.03 Ks per game in 2016 is up from the pre-streak record of 6.67. No season before 1994 had more than 6 per game http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/mlb/bat.shtml 22 comments 12/2/2017 baseball
• MLB is on pace for ~5,540 HR this season, the second highest total ever. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/bat.shtml#teams_standard_batting::12 127 comments 26/6/2016 baseball
• What caused the huge jump in BA from 1920-1940? http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/bat.shtml 8 comments 21/8/2015 baseball
• In MLB per-game figures, 2014 saw the fewest runs (4.07) since 1981, the fewest hits (8.56) since 1972 and the most K's (7.70) all-time. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/mlb/bat.shtml#teams_standard_batting::none 76 comments 1/2/2015 baseball
• TIL that in 1930, the average BA for MLB was .296, highest in the modern era, while in 1968 it was .237, the lowest. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/mlb/bat.shtml 29 comments 29/12/2014 baseball

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