Phillies: How did 2017 compare to 2016?

Pitching

Just like the batting in 2016, the pitching in 2016 would also finish at the bottom of the league in most major categories.

The team would rank 26^th in era and earned runs allowed with an era of 4.63, and 739 earned runs allowed.  With regard to batting average against, the team would rank 25^th with a .265 average.

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Strikeouts would be the best category the 2016 pitching staff ranked in, ranking 15^th with 1299 strikeouts.

Just like the batting in 2017, the team would improve, or be the same in all the major pitching categories referenced above.

The team would improve its era to 4.55, ranking 18^th in the league, and earned runs allowed with 10 fewer for a total of 729.

Strikeouts slightly improved, with an increase of 10, for a total of 1309 in 2017.

The only category where there was no improvement was batting average against. While there was no improvement, there also was no regression, as the team had the same average against of .265 ranking 24^th in the league.

With an improvement in both the batting and pitching stats, what effect would this have on the team’s record?