Every Monday Baseball Musings compares offense this season to the previous season through the same number of full weeks. Through six weeks, the majors produced 8.72 runs per game compared to 8.69 runs per game in 2024. Home runs, walks, and other hits are all up slightly, resulting in 23.67 batters reaching base per game versus 23.40 reaching base in 2024. Good news is that strikeouts are down a bit, from 16.83 per game to 16.54 per game, and HBP are down a tick, from from 0.84 per game to 0.75 per game. Offense is about as even as it can be, with a little more action in the game.

Last week produced 8.97 runs per game, basically hitting the sweet spot of nine runs per game.