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ProfessorGAC

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4. There Was A Study Many Years Ago...

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 10, 2023, 08:00 AM

Feb 2023

...that tested the foresight of making the bases 90 feet
IIRC, if the bases were 29 paces apart instead of 30, league batting averages would go up by nearly 10 points and double plays went down by something like 1/6th. So, runs would go up.
If the bases were 31 paces apart, the averages fell by about the same & nearly every attempted double play would be completed. (The attempt to get the 2nd out is very rarely 3 feet late.)
I'm not recalling the numbers showing the impact on stolen bases, but it was huge.
So, this 4.5 inches has to have some effect, especially encouraging stolen bases.

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will be interesting RussBLib Feb 2023 #3

There Was A Study Many Years Ago... ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #4