Since only 7 games were on the first day of the 2022 season, I folded in the first two days of that season, so it'll encompass the 19 games total from April 7-8, 2022 vs the 15 today. Steals per game are also across both teams in each game, not per team
2022: 3:17 avg time, .230 average, 0.37 steals/gm
2023: 2:45 avg time, .252 average, 1.4 steals/gm
The Orioles 5 stolen bases nearly equaled all of MLB’s Opening Day(s) total last year (7). There were also 6 games with more than 1 steal, none last Opening Day(s).
The shortest game last Opening Day(s) was Padres/Diamondbacks at 2hr44 minutes. 9 games were shorter today.
Only one game – the Jays/Cardinals slugfest – went over 200 minutes; 7 of last year’s 19 Opening Day(s) were 200+
10 of 15 games were under 3 hours today. Only 3 of the 19 opening day games last year were sub-3.
Only one of those games last year had 20+ combined hits (Astros/Angels April 8). There were 5 today.