ABS,Pitch Clock First Line’ cuts average game time by 19 minutes compared to last year

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said on the 19th, “The 46 exhibition games of 2024 KBO, which have completed all schedules, have shortened the average game time by 19 minutes compared to the same period (47 games) in 2023 exhibition games, and showed indicators such as a decrease in walks and an increase in the success rate of stolen bases.”

The average time required for a total of 46 exhibition games this year was 2 hours and 39 minutes, 19 minutes faster than 2 hours and 58 minutes for 47 games (67 games in total) during the same period of 2023. Notably, 14 games recorded less than 2 hours and 30 minutes. During the same period last year, there were two games under 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The average number of walks per game was seven, down 8.4 percent from 7.64 last year. The average number of steals per game was 1.74, and the success rate was 74.77 percent. Last year, he recorded 1.66 and 68.42 percent success rate.

The average number of hits per game was 16.74, the same as last year, and the number of home runs increased from 1.30 to 1.72. The batting average and slugging percentage did not change much. The ERA increased from 3.92 to 4.35 in 2023.

This year’s exhibition game introduced an automatic pitching judgment system, and the test operation of the pitch clock, the ban on defensive shifts, and the size of the base were applied. In the case of Pitch Clock, it will be decided whether to officially introduce it in the second half of the year through a trial operation in the first half of the year. 토토사이트

KBO said, “The purpose of introducing the new system is to reduce game time and provide exciting game content along with fair strike/ball decisions, and we plan to analyze the newly introduced system while closely examining changes in game indicators with the opening.”