It's apples and oranges though. The pitching nowadays is completely different. The game/strategy is completely different.
I agree there are way too many strikeouts in today's game, we can thank MLB for making the balls tighter and (if the players can't juice anymore, might as well juice the ball!), but comparing strikeout stats from 50-100 years ago to the current era is a pointless and meaningless. It's not the same game anymore.
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