Every Monday Baseball Musings compares the offense of the current season to the previous season through the same number of full weeks. Through 20 full weeks, 2025 is now ahead of 2024 8.86 runs per game to 8.84 runs per game. Home runs are nearly dead even at 2.29 this season versus 2.26 last year. Walks are up a bit from 6.15 per game to 6.36 per game. Other hits are up from 14.18 per game to 14.27 per game. K’s are down from 16.81 per game to 16.52 per game. These trends have been there all year, but 2025 offense finally reflects the improvement.

Last week saw the majors average 9.34 runs per game. All the stats above were pretty much on target for the week, but for a change the majors hit well with runners on base.