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Elias Says ...

By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Thursday, April 13, 2006

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: MLB • Has anyone else noticed? The hits, the runs, the homers. In the 137 major league games played through Thursday, teams had averaged a collective .273 batting average, while averaging 10.8 runs per game, 2.62 home runs per game, and a home run every 26.3 at-bats. Yes, it's early, but those numbers are off the charts. The last season in which the major league batting average finished as high as .273 was 1939; the last time ...

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