SWING SHIFTS
In 1999, the batting average for Major League Baseball was .271, the highest since 1939. Here are the averages for this season and the previous four:
2020.238
2019.252
2018.248*
2017.255
2016.255
*lowest since 1972
about the writer
Bailey Ober used to babysit Drake Maye at their brothers' sporting events in North Carolina.
