The 2016 season continues to trend well ahead of the 2015 season at the same point. Week 11 was the highest scoring week of the year as the majors generated 9.51 runs per game. It was the second highest home run week of the season, 2.54 HR/G, barely losing to week nine at 2.56 HR per game.
Through 11 weeks, MLB games generate 8.80 runs per game compared to 8.26 runs per game at the same point in the 2015 season, over half a run more per game. Home runs and walks, and strike outs remain much higher, and due to the higher K rate, other hits remain down. Still more batters reach base than at the same point in 2015, 24.1 batters this season versus 23.5 in 2015.
The graph comparing the two seasons by week is convincing me that there was something wrong in the early summer of 2015. The 2016 rise in runs with warmer weather is what should happen during a season. Some people think the ball was juiced in the second half of 2015, but now I’m starting to suspect that somehow a dead ball got into the game early in 2015. This might have happened by accident, or it might have been a try at speeding up the game. Whatever happened, I’m glad it was somehow fixed in the second half of 2015.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/28IBJY8
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