MLB's Runs per Game Average has Dropped since 2006
Here is a list of the runs per game average in MLB since 2006
Year Runs/Game
2006 4.86
2007 4.80
2008 4.65
2009 4.61
2010 4.38
2011 4.28
2012 4.32
2013 4.17
2014 4.07
These stats come from Baseball-Reference
Each year, except for in 2012, the run averages went down. Is this because maybe the sport
has finally gotten cleaned up from PEDs? Is it perhaps more from defensive shifting that reduces
base hits? In 2006 the league batting average was .269, while in 2014 it was .251.
