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Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector
now Rich Hill, it just seems like these NL almost hitters occur much more than in the AL..
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confirmation bias. the NL posts, on avg, 12 more starts per year compared to the AL of 3 hits or less. that seems significant until you consider the huge amount of games that take place.
The avg DH hits around a 119 wRC+ (or 19% above avg) this is a huge difference between the awful ability of pitchers, but considering most pitchers bat twice in the NL and then are pinch hit for, the difference becomes about 30% , which over 3 or 4 plate appearances isn't that much really. It's enough to increase league wide runs a bit, but a lot of that is due to the larger markets overall in the AL which allows then to buy higher profile players. That can't be discounted.