Nine-inning video games within the World Series averaged 3 hours, 19 minutes within the second 12 months on the clock, in comparison with 3:01 in 2023.
The sequence averaged 3:24 in 2022 and three:38 in 2021, the final season earlier than the digital PitchCom pitch caller. The 2023 common was the quickest since 1996.
Half-inning pitching modifications elevated to five.2 from 3.8 in 2023 and a couple of.5 in 2022. World Series pitching streaks per recreation elevated to 10.0 from 9.3 in 2023 and 5, 8 in 2022. Shots elevated to 315 from 298, the best complete since 2018.
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The general postseason recreation common remained at 3:02, down from 3:23 in 2022 and three:37 in 2021.
This season’s common season common of two:36 was down 4 minutes from 2023 and 28 minutes from 2022. It hadn’t been this low since 2:35 in 1984.
MLB shortened the pitch clock with runners on base by two seconds to 18 forward of the 2024 season, whereas conserving it at 15 seconds with no runners on base.
Associated Press reporting.
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