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Expert: - 9/17/2007


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Wht was the average number of pitches thrown in a game *per team*--not per pitcher--last year? And how does that number compare with the average for, say, 1980 and 1950?

Thaks.

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Peter,

  There is a really interesting article on this subject at: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/what-pitch-counts-hath-wrought/

Here is the pitch count "Per Team per Game" chart from that article. These numbers have stayed remarkably steady over all that time:

Estimated Pitches per MLB Team/Game:

2003   146
2000   149
1995   148
1990   144
1985   144
1980   143
1975   144
1970   145
1965   142
1960   144
1955   144
1950   146  

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