Batting average has been a casualty of shifts, launch angles, and "3 true outcomes." No season has finished with an MLB-wide batting avg as low as the current mark (.244) since 1972.

As a result, the increase in no-hit bids noted below by @ESPN. https://t.co/npyn5yzm1p

— Elias Sports Bureau (@EliasSports) May 24, 2018