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					Originally Posted by TobaccoKing4  Why was this such an explosive year for offensive statistics? It saw a whopping 5 players hit over .400, and Joe Kelley barely fell short of hitting .400 (hit .393).  I looked up to see if there were any strange rule changes for that year and didn't see anything. |  Good question.  The best hitting team batted .301 in 1893. The LEAGUE batted .309 the next year.  Still, the league avg actually increased more from 1892-1893. 
I see Jay beat me to it--much like most m101 auctions.  Don't you have some traffic you can go play in?    
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