Ope3
2 bowls of split plea soup to go, eh?
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That's amazing to think about. That has to have an overall impact on individual production.
Generally it's easy to see the impact on the micro-level. Batters rarely facing the same pitcher more than twice in a game. Odds are, one with 5 plate appearances in a game is going probably face 4 different pitchers. Most throwing at maximum effort.
On the macro-level there are so many reasons for this since Teddy Ballgame's era:
- Increase from 154 Regular Season games to 162
- Expansion 16 teams to 30. American League went up to 10 teams the season after he retired in 1960.
- Intra-League only to Inter-League play. The Splinter kept going against the same 7 teams, every year. The current Red Sox will play the other current 29 franchises.
- Starting Rotations have increased from 4 to 5. Pitching staffs have increased from 9-10 up to 13-14.
- Load management.
- Proliferation of international talent.
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