The use of pitch clocks reduced the average time of minor league games by 25 minutes this year, a reduction Major League Baseball hopes will be duplicated in the big leagues next season.
In the season that ended on Wednesday, the average time of minor league games was 2 hours, 38 minutes. It was down from the previous year.
In Triple-A, there were no runners on base and 19 with runners. The clock was at 18 seconds with runners.
The average length of a big league game is 3:04.
The players' association was opposed to the decision to put a clock in the major league next year.
There will be a limit on the number of pickoffs and step-offs per plate appearance. If a third pickoff throw is not successful, there will be a balk.
The success rate for stolen bases went from 32% to 70%, and the average number of stolen bases went from 2.23 to 2.81.
The runs per team per game went from 5.11 to 5.13 and the batting average went from.243 to.249.
The number of plate appearances resulting in home runs went down to 2.5% from 2.8% and the number of strikeouts went down to 24.4% from 25.4%. The hit batters' percentage remained the same.
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