2023 season Major League Baseball (MLB its summary in English) is completed with record numbers in most aspects. Interest and attendance rates as well as the individual performance of the athletes provide the rationale for the new measures adopted in the current campaign.
Attendance at venues Big event Soared and reached 70 million, which has not happened since 2017. According to other statistics, fan presence at baseball parks has increased by nearly ten percent compared to 2022, marking the largest increase in the past three decades.
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Also the league’s television station (MLB TV) boosted its viewership, making 2023 the highest broadcast season in its 21-year history. It was linked to more than six million views on social networks, making the campaign the most watched since the creation of both television and online social networks.
MLB 2023 actions improved the game
MLB’s new guidelines certainly gave a positive boost to the league’s growth. With an average of two hours, 39 minutes and 49 seconds, the duration of collisions has returned to the rate of 40 years ago.
Comparing 2023 to other years, the decrease in effective playing time with 2022 is 24 minutes. But what’s more surprising is that only nine games lasted more than three-and-a-half hours, as opposed to 390 in 2021.
Many sports activities increased exponentially, base steals averaged close to two per game and runs scored averaged nine per game. The 2023 stolen bases represent the best record since 1987, with those 3,503 bases tied for the second-best mark in the past 100 major league seasons.
A Venezuelan baseball player in that respect Ronald Acuna Jr He finished fourth on the all-time list with 40 stolen bases and 40 home runs. However, “El de la Sabana” took the bar a bit higher and emerged as the only player with 70 home runs (73) and 40 homers (41).
Also, young talent has made its mark MLB 2023, Corbin Carroll And Anthony Wolfe Achieved excellent results. The debuting duo is tied for first in history with 20 hits and 20 steals Bobby Witt Jr And Julio Rodriguez They’ve been able to establish themselves with the same brand, but have been incredible in their first two performances in the Major Leagues.
