The final numbers are in and offense fell in 2018 compared to 2017 by 0.4 runs, by 9.3 runs per game to 8.9 runs per game. There was a 0.2 drop in home runs per game, probably due to fixing the ball. That should have accounted for more than half the drop, as they went from 2.5 per game to 2.3 per game. Note that while there were over 500 fewer home runs hit, the Yankees still managed to set the major league team record. One needs to go out two decimal places to see the drop in walks, from 6.51 per game to 6.45 per game. Other hits dropped quite a bit from 14.9 per game to 14.6 per game. Overall there were 0.5 fewer batters earning their way on in 2018 than in 2017.
The big reason for the last drop was the increase in strikeouts, from 16.50 per game to 16.95 per game. That means that nearly a quarter of plate appearances, 22%, ended in a strikeout.
from baseballmusings.com https://ift.tt/2Cg1xNe
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