Maybe surprisingly, total plate appearances per game is relatively stable. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/misc.shtml https://www.baseball-ref

Maybe surprisingly, total plate appearances per game is relatively stable. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/misc.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/misc.shtml. Pitching has been dominating hitting the last few years and runs (and batting averages) are both relatively low at the moment. Total pitchers used, however, is up.