Here are the CS% values for every year since MLB started (3rd collumn from right)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/le...LB/field.shtml
While it always stays in a certain range I see some quite significant fluktuations. What is the reason for this? for example in the last years it went down a little, it's now under 30% for some years.
however the most striking thing I see is the 30s-50s. It's consistently well over 40%. do you have an explanation for this? is run environment and the number of steals the reason? (although that doesn't make much sense because that was a high run time which doesn't favor high steal rates).
why are the rates so much lower today when pitchers and catchers work so hard to shorten the time to the plate and pop times?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/le...LB/field.shtml
While it always stays in a certain range I see some quite significant fluktuations. What is the reason for this? for example in the last years it went down a little, it's now under 30% for some years.
however the most striking thing I see is the 30s-50s. It's consistently well over 40%. do you have an explanation for this? is run environment and the number of steals the reason? (although that doesn't make much sense because that was a high run time which doesn't favor high steal rates).
why are the rates so much lower today when pitchers and catchers work so hard to shorten the time to the plate and pop times?
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