How to find an era in baseball?
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If in 1 game a pitcher pitches 6 innings and gives up 3 earned runs, his ERA is 4.50 (3/6 * 9 = 4.50).
This obviously holds true over a season. Say a pitcher goes 180 innings (30 starts averaging 6 innings per start) and gives up 60 earned runs, he has a 3.00 ERA (60/180 * 9 = 2.999999999997 = 3.00). He'd have a 2.00 ERA had he given up 40 earned runs, and a 4.00 ERA had he given up 80 earned runs.
Also, every out a pitcher records counts as 1/3 of an inning. So if a pitcher pitches 6 innings without giving up a run, then gives up a run in the 7th inning without getting an out and is then pulled, his stat line reads as 1 ER over 6 IP. Just a quick example of the math as well: John Smoltz pitches into the 6th inning but only gets two outs before he is pulled. He pitched then 5 full innings and 2/3 of an inning, for 5 2/3 innings pitched. John gave up 5 earned runs in his 5 2/3 IP, for an ERA of 7.94 (5/5.66667 * 9 = 7.94).
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Amount of earned runs given up over an average of 9 innings.Eg. If a Pitcher gives up 2 runs over 6 innings. His ERA is 3.00.
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