Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
That's a Fair point. But if we're going to use relative stats, you have to look across all games because all the zones were tighter and all the balls were juiced, not just during in sec games.

2023: 114 in BA; 45 in SLG; 54 in OBP; 71 in runs per game

2021: 89 in BA; 81 in SLG; 84 in OBP; 37 in runs per game

Outside of runs, 2023 has the better relative line by a good bit. The anomaly is the runs scored, a stat you would expect to track obp and slugging, otherwise knows as OPS. Maybe the 2021 team was just more clutch or did little things better to move runners.
Conference Only Stats:

2021 and 2023 hitting were 269 and 270 with runners on. MSU 2023 hit 252 versus Lefties (10 pegs lower than the SEC average) but 246 in 2021 (also 10 pegs lower than the SEC average).

With base loaded 297 in 2021 but only 174 in 2023. MSU was last in bases-loaded batting in 2023.

Basically losing the SEC POY and having a horrible pitching year is the difference. But SEC teams improved 10 points overall, MSU did not improve.

Notably, SEC LHH batted 323 on MSU and SEC opponents hit 303 with runners on.

Message Pitching is horrible in 2023 and Hitting is sustainably slightly below average. Fox used to carry the Goat. The Fox went sour, the Goat could not pickup any performance