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History of the Expansion Era
The name of this era comes from the increase in number of teams, locations, and players in the MLB. At the end of the era, the MLB had
managed to increase the number of teams from 16 to 24, bringing the league to new markets in California, Texas, Atlanta, and even Canada.
On top of this, the end of the integration era had brought a massive influx of new players from both inside the country and out. At the
beginning of the era, pitchers briefly regained their control over the game, dropping several batting statistics by a lot, and increasing
the league total strikeout count from 1962 by 1,206. To counter this new "dead ball era", the MLB lowered the mound from 15 inches above
home plate to only 10, as well as clearly defining the slope of the mound. These new standards for the mound were strictly enforced. On top
of this, the American League created the designated hitter (DH) to hit for the pitcher. This addition would replace the less offensively
capable pitchers with position players, or just plain-old hitters, who would do a much better job.