The average MLB game lasted just two hours and 40 minutes in the first year of the pitch clock era, representing a major dropoff from previous seasons.
Major League Baseball added a pitch clock in 2023 with hopes of speeding up the game, and it paid immediate dividends in its first season.game was two hours and 40 minutes, a 24-minute dropoff from 2022. It's the lowest level since 1985 and the first time it dipped below three hours since 2015.had the quickest games on average at 2:35. On the other end, the Baltimore Orioles and the Pittsburgh Pirates had the longest games on average at 2:44.
Game times weren't the only thing that got quicker this season. New rules led to a jump in stolen bases per game , stolen base attempts per game and a new record for stolen base success rate . MLB also released its attendance figures for 2023 and saw a total attendance of 70,747,365. It marks the first time the league has exceeded 70 million in attendance since 2017. Twenty-six of the league's 30 teams saw an attendance increase from 2022 to 2023.
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