After two seasons of near league-average in runs scored, last season the Diamondbacks scored more runs than any other team. What happened?
Bottom line up front; three things happened. They had more baserunners (two standard deviations more), a higher percentage of their baserunners scored by homers, and a higher percentage of their baserunners scored by non-homer RBIs.
Let’s look at what happened.
In 2024, there were more baserunners.
The following table shows that there were about 1811 baserunners. Caveat: It was calculated with rounded data, so that number could be plus or minus 26 baserunners.