Record Breaking Pace
With that, it was officially announced that Franklin was traded to the Hanshin Tigers yesterday (6/27). Speculation had him going to Jingu, where he'd have had a field day hitting the ball out of the park.
Well, it should be interesting to see how he adjusts to Koshien and the Central League.
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Shochiku (a forefather team of the current BayStars) holds the record for most runs in a single season with 908 runs (137 games), set in the first year of 2-league play, 1950.
As for Nippon Ham, they've now scored 401 runs in 68 games. That's a 796 pace (5.9 runs per game) when projected over a 135 game season. That's good enough beat the current Pa-League record by 7 runs, and perhaps break the 800 run barrier.
It seems to me that the Fighters' "Big Bang Offense" of a couple of years ago was doing the same thing, but they tapered off in the second half of the season - blowing what otherwise seemed like a sure pennant.
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