What's happened to the .300 hitter?
I was looking at the stats today (I think to check out Cabrera's info) and was shocked that there are only 24 players batting .300 or higher. Twenty-four! That's horrific.
The average number of .300 hitters over the past four seasons is 25; for the previous 10 seasons (2000-2009) there were 40 .300 hitters per year.
When you look at .310 it's even worse: 12 over the last 4 years vs 22 in the decade prior.
What's up with hitting these days?
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