Season 2000 2001
Number of games 97 91
Total pitches 28,488 26,388
Total pitches per game 293.7 290
Total strikes 17,306 16,475
Total balls 11,181 9,912
Total swinging strikes 12,718 12,049
Total called strikes 4,588 4,426
% of all pitches called balls 39 38
% of taken pitches call balls 71 69
Runs per game 10.7 10
HR per game 2.7 2.5
Batting average 0.267 0.261
The above is new strike zone information (provided by STATS, Inc) through the first 8 days of the season.
That's some, though not conclusive, evidence to show that the new strike zone is at least having some impact. Hopefully, the zone will get more consistent as the year goes on.
[Edited by Patrick Szalapski on Apr 11th, 2001 at 01:16 PM]
Wed Apr 11, 2001, 01:09pm
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