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Effectively Wild Episode 2154: Sliding Doors and Sliding Home

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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Exploring Rare Baseball Batting Average Occurrences

The chapter delves into the intriguing occurrence of a team maintaining the same batting average from start to end of a game, discussing specific examples and statistics. It covers rare instances of unique fractions like 2 out of 7 and extremes such as a team hitting a 364 batting average, as well as historical anecdotes like the challenging start for the 1944 Cubs. The hosts also explore the uncommon phenomenon of each player on a team finishing a game with the same batting average they started with, providing insights into the historical rarity of such events in Major League Baseball.

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