The Home Run Surge

The Home Run Surge - The Physics of Baseball

The increase in home runs was due nearly entirely to a change in the aerodynamic properties of the ball (reduced air drag), meaning that for given launch ...

MLB releases independent study of home run surge

SAN DIEGO -- Major League Baseball's 2019 home run spike was partly a byproduct of microscopic variations to the ball itself -- that is, ...

4 Reasons Behind the Historic Home Run Surge in 2023 College ...

The 2023 college baseball season has seen a notable increase in home runs due to several converging factors. Experienced players, due to an ...

What's Causing College Baseball's Record-Breaking Home Run ...

When the home run rate soared in the late 1990s, and again in the late 2000s, there were those who said it was because of improved training and ...

Unraveling the Mystery Behind MLB's Home Run Surge: A Data ...

“Manfred cited last year's report, written by a committee of scientists and data specialists, which identified the pill at the center of the ...

What's really behind baseball's home run surge? - The Conversation

It certainly seems that recent changes to the ball are playing a role in the uptick in home runs. But could other factors, like the climate and advanced ...

MLB Study Reveals Reasons Behind Home Run Surge

A four-person committee of scientists found that baseballs this year had less drag on average than in previous seasons, contributing to a power ...

The science behind baseball's home run surge

The biggest factor they identified for the 2019 homer boom was a weird one: The height of the seams on the ball.

What's Really Behind Baseball's Home Run Surge?

What's Really Behind Baseball's Home Run Surge? ... Materials Science and Engineering Professor Brian J. Love and Clinical Lecturer of Anesthesiology Michael L.

MLB slightly deadening baseball amid years-long home run surge

A four-person committee of scientists commissioned by MLB concluded after the 2019 season that baseballs had less drag on average than in ...

A look into Major League Baseball's massive home run surge in 2019

But the hot bats have returned, and at least 5,500 home runs were hit in each of the past four seasons, with 2019 topping the previous record of ...

How one tiny change to the baseball may have led to both the home ...

Major League Baseball recently released its official report investigating the source of last season's home run surge.

Most Home Runs By A Team in One Season - MLB.com

While the 2019 MLB season will always be remembered for the home run surge it brought, the '23 Braves emerged by tying the single-season team record with ...

Study points to seam height in MLB's homer surge, but leaves much ...

Major League Baseball's home run spike can be at least partly connected to seam height and ... batter behavior?

The Numbers Behind MLB's Home Run Surge - Sports Illustrated

Tom Verducci | Jun 12, 2019 · 1. Baseball is on a record pace of home runs · 2. Batters are hitting more fly balls · 3. Batters are hitting the ...

MLB Players Primed for a Home Run Surge in 2023 - Bleacher Report

We've highlighted 10 players who have never reached 20 home runs in a single season but could be poised to take a prominent position on the homer leaderboard ...

What's really behind baseball's recent home run surge

At the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander griped that too many home runs had been hit so far ...

Baseball just saw its biggest home run surge since the steroids era ...

MLB's home run total jumped by 723, or 17.3 percent, a spike not seen since 1996 when homers boomed by 21.6 percent in the nascent days of MLB's so-called ...

Baseball's home run surge spurs scientists to look for answers

This season has seen a surge in home runs, sparking complaints from a number of pitchers that the baseballs are juiced, an allegation that ...

The Increased Rate of Home Runs by Year in Major League Baseball

https://cnsmaryland.org/2019/10/01/a-look-into- major-league-baseballs-massive-home-run-surge-in-2019/. [5]. Lahman, Sean. 2019 Pitcher Stats. MLB Database.