# Is it fair to compare current baseball stats to previous stats?

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**Created:** [June 27, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-fair-to-compare-current-baseball-stats-to-previous-stats/409553 "2007-06-27T00:07:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-fair-to-compare-current-baseball-stats-to-previous-stats/409553/21 "2007-06-27T23:15:16Z")

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[QUOTE=RTFirefly]  
Do batting statistics shoot up overall, or is it just a matter of good players - hitters and pitchers alike - feasting off the influx of bad ones?  
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The latter, I’m assuming. The batting talent pool becomes diluted at the same time as the pitching talent pool. Hence the insignificant change in overall runs scored.

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