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Which Is Better: A Hitting Streak Or an On-Base Streak?

On Thursday, I highlighted Nolan Arenado’s 27-game hitting streak (it ended Friday at 28 games), comparing his overall offensive statistics during the streak to those of streaks from the past. But a few readers smartly pointed out that I was only comparing Arenado’s streak to those that stopped at 27, rather than looking at the […]

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Mark Buehrle Is a One-Man Baseball-Game Accelerator

As my colleagues have pointed out on DataLab, FiveThirtyEight readers are great. The latest example: One perceptive reader saw my article about the slowdown of Major League Baseball games and suggested that the designated-hitter rule might explain why the slowest teams are in the American League, whose clubs play with the DH in their home […]

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Mark Buehrle Is a One-Man Baseball-Game Accelerator

As my colleagues have pointed out on DataLab, FiveThirtyEight readers are great. The latest example: One perceptive reader saw my article about the slowdown of Major League Baseball games and suggested that the designated-hitter rule might explain why the slowest teams are in the American League, whose clubs play with the DH in their home […]

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