It's definitely been a series of increases and plateaus but there's a fairly steady trendline from 1893 to now if you overlook major rule changes. I'm not going to speculate on the cause though.
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"I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses."
-- Tom House
"I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together."
-- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech
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