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Originally Posted by knockahoma
2008 BABIP average
NL .303
AL .303
2004 BABIP average
NL .299
AL .303
1994 BABIP average
NL .303
AL .303
1984 BABIP average
NL .290
AL .288
1974 BABIP average
NL .284
AL .285
1964 BABIP average
NL .286
AL .277
1954 BABIP average
NL .277
AL .278
Unfortunately, baseball prospectus' info stops at 1954.
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My first thought is that the advances in bat technology, strength training for hitters, the shrinking strike zone, and the disappearance of 155-lb middle infielders has out paced any advances in fielding and pitching. In other words, more balls are hit harder today than they were 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago.