The [Los Angeles Dodgers](/mlb/team/_/name/lad/los-angeles-dodgers) led Major League Baseball with 26 pitch clock violations during the season.Meanwhile, Shane Baz of the [Tampa Bay Rays](/mlb/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-rays) led the pitchers and Lawrence Butler of the [Athletics](/mlb/team/_/name/ath/athletics-athletics) was first among the hitters, marking a significant decrease in the overall total for Major League Baseball.According to Major League Baseball figures, Los Angeles committed one more violation than the [New York Mets](/mlb/team/_/name/nym/new-york-mets).The [Colorado Rockies](/mlb/team/_/name/col/colorado-rockies) recorded 23, while the [Houston Astros](/mlb/team/_/name/hou/houston-astros), the [Los Angeles Angels](/mlb/team/_/name/laa/los-angeles-angels) and the [Washington Nationals](/mlb/team/_/name/wsh/washington-nationals) accumulated 22 each.The [Cincinnati Reds](/mlb/team/_/name/cin/cincinnati-reds) and the [Kansas City Royals](/mlb/team/_/name/kc/kansas-city-royals) tied with the fewest infractions, with three each.In the third year of the launch clock, 465 violations were recorded, a significant decrease compared to the 602 of the previous year and the 1,048 of 2023. Pitchers were responsible for 369 violations, followed by 91 by batters and five by catchers.Baz was followed by Enyel De Los Santos, Camilo Doval, Jose Fermin, Kodai Senga, Framber Valdez, and Will Warren, with five violations each.Chris Bassitt, Sean Burke, Jose A. Ferrer, Tyler Glasnow, Yoendrys Gomez, Sonny Gray, Eric Lauer, and Carlos Vargas each accumulated four.Among the hitters, Warming Bernabel, Yandy Diaz, Nick Gonzales, Jung Hoo Lee, Yoan Moncada, J.T. Realmuto, Javier Sanoja, Carlos Santana, Dominic Smith, and Ramon Urias each recorded two violations.There were 35 pitcher disengagement violations, a decrease of one, and five batter timeout violations, the same amount as in 2024.Only one defensive shift violation was recorded, a decrease from the two last year and the 26 when the rule was implemented in 2023, which required two infielders to be on the dirt of the infield on either side of second base.The violation this year occurred on September 18, during the game between the [Seattle Mariners](/mlb/team/_/name/sea/seattle-mariners) and Kansas City.The Mariners manager, Dan Wilson, requested a video review that determined that the Royals second baseman, Michael Massey, had not been completely on the infield dirt when Dominic Canzone hit for an out in the eighth inning.A Canzone was awarded first base due to the violation, and J.P. Crawford followed with a two-run double with two outs in Seattle’s 2-0 victory.MLB reduced the pitch clock time with runners on base by two seconds to 18 before the 2024 season, keeping it at 15 seconds without runners on base.
The average time of a nine-inning MLB game decreased from 3 hours and 4 minutes in 2022 to 2:40 the following year, when the clock was implemented, and decreased to 2:36 in 2024, the lowest since 2:35 in 1984. This year it rose to 2:38.
