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The Impact of a Small Increase in Hits Per Game

Before we address hits, let’s list streaks of at least 5 games with the Diamondbacks scoring at least 3 runs in each game. Why streaks are important was explained in this AZ Snake Pit article.

  • April 8-14
  • April 18-May 4
  • May 26-30
  • July 18-24
  • September 14-20.

During those streaks, Diamondbacks’ hits-per-game were 9.08. Outside of those streaks, Diamondbacks’ hits-per-games were 7.68. If we assume hits-per-game caused the streaks, a seemingly small difference of 1.4 hits-per-game made the difference between a multi-game batting streak and games with batting inconsistency.