More Strike Outs than Hits: each season 2018-2021.

In case you missed it the previous post, total strike outs exceeded total hits in seasons 2018, 2019, 2020 (60 games), 2021 (through June 10). For seasons 1903-2021, those are the only such seasons. Here are the ten most recent seasons:

Year	Tms	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	30	1,043	28.50	4.38	1,828	68,108	60,536	8,013	14,353	2,827	257	2,098	7,583	838	268	6,048	16,425	.237	.313	.396	.709
2020	30	618	28.00	4.65	1,796	66,506	59,030	8,344	14,439	2,823	241	2,304	7,978	885	292	6,092	15,586	.245	.322	.418	.740
2019	30	1,287	27.90	4.83	4,858	186,517	166,651	23,467	42,039	8,531	785	6,776	22,471	2,280	832	15,895	42,823	.252	.323	.435	.758
2018	30	1,271	28.10	4.45	4,862	185,139	165,432	21,630	41,018	8,264	847	5,585	20,606	2,474	958	15,686	41,207	.248	.318	.409	.728
2017	30	1,229	28.30	4.65	4,860	185,295	165,567	22,582	42,215	8,397	795	6,105	21,558	2,527	934	15,829	40,104	.255	.324	.426	.750
2016	30	1,247	28.40	4.48	4,856	184,580	165,561	21,744	42,276	8,254	873	5,610	20,745	2,537	1,001	15,088	38,982	.255	.322	.417	.739
2015	30	1,252	28.40	4.25	4,858	183,628	165,488	20,647	42,106	8,242	939	4,909	19,650	2,505	1,064	14,073	37,446	.254	.317	.405	.721
2014	30	1,212	28.50	4.07	4,860	183,929	165,614	19,761	41,595	8,137	849	4,186	18,745	2,764	1,035	14,020	37,441	.251	.314	.386	.700
2013	30	1,202	28.50	4.17	4,862	184,873	166,070	20,255	42,093	8,222	772	4,661	19,271	2,693	1,007	14,640	36,710	.253	.318	.396	.714
2012	30	1,185	28.50	4.32	4,860	184,180	165,251	21,017	42,063	8,261	927	4,934	19,998	3,229	1,136	14,709	36,426	.255	.319	.405	.724

Year	SO/BB	SO/PA	BB/PA	(SO+BB)/PA	H/PA	1B/H	2B/H	3B/H	HR/H	Year
2021	2.72	24.12%	8.88%	33.00%	21.07%	63.90%	19.70%	1.79%	14.62%	2021
2020	2.56	23.44%	9.16%	32.60%	21.71%	62.82%	19.55%	1.67%	15.96%	2020
2019	2.69	22.96%	8.52%	31.48%	22.54%	61.72%	20.29%	1.87%	16.12%	2019
2018	2.63	22.26%	8.47%	30.73%	22.16%	64.17%	20.15%	2.06%	13.62%	2018
2017	2.53	21.64%	8.54%	30.19%	22.78%	63.76%	19.89%	1.88%	14.46%	2017
2016	2.58	21.12%	8.17%	29.29%	22.90%	65.14%	19.52%	2.07%	13.27%	2016
2015	2.66	20.39%	7.66%	28.06%	22.93%	66.54%	19.57%	2.23%	11.66%	2015
2014	2.67	20.36%	7.62%	27.98%	22.61%	68.33%	19.56%	2.04%	10.06%	2014
2013	2.51	19.86%	7.92%	27.78%	22.77%	67.56%	19.53%	1.83%	11.07%	2013
2012	2.48	19.78%	7.99%	27.76%	22.84%	66.43%	19.64%	2.20%	11.73%	2012

Red: Hits    Blue: Strike Outs    Percent of Plate Appearances:

1903-2021 (June 10): SO/BB, SO/PA, BB/PA, (SO+BB)/PA, H/PA, ... Thursday, June 10, 2021

Cruise through and see how MLB has devolved to 33% of plate appearances (PA) being strike outs (SO) and bases on balls (BB; walks)...

Source data: baseball-reference.com

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