2012 was the year of the strikeout. Last season, more hitters slumped back to the dugout than at any point in the modern era, continuing a recent trend that has seen strikeout rates rise significantly over the past few years. The rate of strikeouts has ebbed and flowed over baseball’s long history, usually reversing course […]
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Did “War on Pitching” in 1917 Lead to Fewer Strikeouts?
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