Killing time on a Sunday morning, I found some interesting stuff (baseball-reference.com is where I found info).
1. Runs/game are down to 4.13 (per team I'm assuming). That is the lowest since 1992 (4.12).
2. Hits/game are down to 8.58. Lowest since 1972 (8.19)
3. HR/game are down to 0.89. Lowest since 1993 (0.89)
4. OPS is at .706. Lowest since 1992 (.700)
5. This is the one that really got my attention and started my looking at this. There are currently 3 pitchers (Cueto, Kershaw, Sale) that have WHIP's of this season that are in the top 25 of all time and 2 others (Fernandez , Wainwright) that are in the top 50 of all time. Only 4 of the rest have been within the last 30 years. Pedro's 2000 WHIP of 0.7373 is still unbelievable all these years later.
Is it the lack of steroids in the game? The use of shifts?
What are the thoughts of all of you?
1. Runs/game are down to 4.13 (per team I'm assuming). That is the lowest since 1992 (4.12).
2. Hits/game are down to 8.58. Lowest since 1972 (8.19)
3. HR/game are down to 0.89. Lowest since 1993 (0.89)
4. OPS is at .706. Lowest since 1992 (.700)
5. This is the one that really got my attention and started my looking at this. There are currently 3 pitchers (Cueto, Kershaw, Sale) that have WHIP's of this season that are in the top 25 of all time and 2 others (Fernandez , Wainwright) that are in the top 50 of all time. Only 4 of the rest have been within the last 30 years. Pedro's 2000 WHIP of 0.7373 is still unbelievable all these years later.
Is it the lack of steroids in the game? The use of shifts?
What are the thoughts of all of you?