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silentrob · 11-18-2025, 02:00 AM

Longtime player here with a problem that baffles me. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Details:

I'm playing a history league. I have a pretty good team. The hitters aren't the best in the league, but overall better than average.

The stat environment is mid-1980s. League BA is right around .260 or so.

Yet, nearly every year I have these ridiculous stretches of 10 games or more where the team won't hit. In the season I just started, the team got more than 10 hits 1 time in the first 20 games of the season. Every regular player in my lineup has a BABIP lower than his career average. Several are 100+ points lower.

The odds of this happening by chance are so low, they are essentially zero. But my team goes through a stretch of this nearly as long almost every year.

The circumstances don't matter - opposing pitcher is good, bad, or in-between, same result. My hitters strike out 4 times, 6 times, 8 times, doesn't matter. Same result. Home game, road game, same result.

Has anyone else seen this?

11-18-2025, 02:00 AM	#1
silentrob Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalispell, MT Posts: 233	Does anyone else have stretches of 10+ games where your team won't get hits? Longtime player here with a problem that baffles me. Any suggestions are appreciated. Details: I'm playing a history league. I have a pretty good team. The hitters aren't the best in the league, but overall better than average. The stat environment is mid-1980s. League BA is right around .260 or so. Yet, nearly every year I have these ridiculous stretches of 10 games or more where the team won't hit. In the season I just started, the team got more than 10 hits 1 time in the first 20 games of the season. Every regular player in my lineup has a BABIP lower than his career average. Several are 100+ points lower. The odds of this happening by chance are so low, they are essentially zero. But my team goes through a stretch of this nearly as long almost every year. The circumstances don't matter - opposing pitcher is good, bad, or in-between, same result. My hitters strike out 4 times, 6 times, 8 times, doesn't matter. Same result. Home game, road game, same result. Has anyone else seen this?