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Originally Posted by TobaccoKing4
Why was this such an explosive year for offensive statistics? It saw a whopping 5 players hit over .400, and Joe Kelley barely fell short of hitting .400 (hit .393). I looked up to see if there were any strange rule changes for that year and didn't see anything.
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Good question. The best hitting team batted .301 in 1893. The LEAGUE batted .309 the next year. Still, the league avg actually increased more from 1892-1893.
I see Jay beat me to it--much like most m101 auctions. Don't you have some traffic you can go play in? 
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