Almost one third of batter outs are strike outs.

​Combine that with interminable jerking around between ​each pitch results in fans being BORED.

SO to BB ratio steadily climbing and higher than ever. Sunday, May 29, 2016

National League (Conference) data is used so that years prior to the American League using the designated hitter (DH) can be compared to recent years. 1920 is when Babe Ruth started modern home run hitting by becoming the first batter to hit 30, 40, 50 in a season. Ruth broke his own season record of 29 set the previous year by hitting 54.
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The graph below:
Outs: AB - Hits
SO%: SO/Outs

2006	26.67%
2007	26.56%
2008	27.55%
2009	28.06%
2010	29.16%
2011	28.70%
2012	30.23%
2013	29.67%
2014	31.00%
2015	31.06%
2016	31.74%
Year	% Outs SO