Van Slooten: MLB games are lower scoring and longer than ever
From SABR member Hans Van Slooten at Baseball-Reference.com on March 25, 2015:
It’s been reported in numerous locations, and now we’ve added an additional page to our League Encyclopedias that confirms it: games have reached scoring lows not seen regularly since the 1960’s (8.13 R/G) and are longer, on average, than they have ever been (3 hours and 7 minutes per game in 2014). Additionally, 9-inning games were over three hours long, on average, for the first time in MLB history last year (3 hours and 2 minutes).
This new page also includes historical averages for extra-innings games, pitches/PA, pitchers/game and season, batters/game and season, pinch runners/game, and pinch hitters/game.
Read the full article here: http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2015/03/mlb-games-are-lower-scoring-and-longer-than-ever/
Originally published: March 26, 2015. Last Updated: March 26, 2015.