The 2016 season comes within a hair of averaging nine runs a game at 8.99 RPG. That compares to 8.46 runs per game through 22 weeks of the 2015 season. The gap between the two seasons closed a bit, as week 22 was the highest scoring week of 2015 at 9.86 runs per game. Week 22 came in at 9.21 runs per game for 2016. There’s usually a fall off from here, as cooler weather and September call ups dampen offense.
The same factors that led to higher scoring in 2016 remain. There are 0.3 more home runs per game, 0.6 more walks and about 0.7 more strikeouts. The strikeouts mean fewer non-home run hits, but the walks and dingers mean more batters are reaching base overall. We’ll see if 2016 can actually break through the 9.0 runs per game barrier in the three weeks remaining.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2c1OaAe
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