If E.R.A. is the best possible way of measuring a pitcher's performance, why even keep track of WINS?
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I agree completely. It's easier for a pitcher to rack up "wins" when his teammates score seven runs per game for him. Clemens' performance last year was fabulous. He was on my fantasy team last year. I knew I could count on him for good ERA and WHIP numbers, but often called the Astros dirty names for not scoring for him and getting him (and me) wins. :(
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These stats are actually pretty easy to come by... especially in baseball (considered by most to be the greatest game relied on stats).  I've included a bunch of websites that have Griffey's stats...\n\nMatt
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Roto leagues are the ones that started this all. They run season long - instead of being reset each week.\n\nOkay - so we have cumulative stats from the start of the season.\n\nThen, for each stat (ie, HRs, RBIs, Wins, Saves...) the teams in the league are sorted by how they did in that stat. Then they are given points based on that order.\n\nSay you have 10 teams. The team with the most HRs gets 10 points. The team with the least, gets 1 point. Then the team with the most RBIs (might be a different team than the team with the most HRs) gets 10 points and the team with the least gets 1 point.\n\nDo that for all the stats in the league. And then sum up the points for each stat, and that is your roto score.\n\nSo, some days, you could knock in 10 HRs but your score won't change (if it doesn't give you more cumulative HRs than the team ahead of you) or you could knock in 2 and pass  3 teams ahead of you and score big points.\n\nIt is all based on relative performance, across the league. So you kind of need to pay more attention to every team, instead of the one team you're playing against that week. \n\nIt is a unique experience - maybe try a mid-season leagu to get your feet we.
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Check out the best baseball stat website at http://www.baseball-reference.com/\n\nAll-Time:\nBabe Ruth\nWalter Johnson\n\nStill active:\nBarry Bonds\nRoger Clemens\n\nTrue, Bonds' numbers may be elevated due to 'roids.  Maybe in a few years A-Rod or Pujols will post better career numbers.  In any case, check out the site and draw your own conclusions.
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every stat has its importance...it's very hard to win a league if you are the bottom (get a 1) in any category.  There's a reason beltre is a free agent...his 9SB don't make up for his average and lack of production.  All the good SB guys are taken.  Your best bet is to try to trade for someone like Hanley Ramirez...
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this is easy enough, these people are making it more difficult than it really is.\n\nIm not sure if your just talking about Earned Runs, or the ERA, which is the earned run average... so i will describe both.\n\na run is "earned" when the run is scored without the assistance of a fielding error.  so all runs are earned unless the runner has reached base by error, or a runner was allowed to score by error.  \n\nNow Earned Run Average (ERA) is figured out by dividing the amount of earned runs by the amount of innings pitched, then multiplying by 9 innings.  For Example...\n\nIf a starting pitcher pitches 5 innings, allowing 1 run... you take (1/5) and that equals 0.2.  Then you take 0.2 x 9 innings and get an era of 1.80 ERA.  \n\nHope that helped!
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It's based on scoring shorthand ... before we ubergeeks sat at laptops ... people would get a scorecard and actually have a shorthand system that they could follow every pitch of every game.\n\nYou're right one is the pitcher ... two is then the catcher ... three is first base ... and so on across the position players. From your short hand, 4-6-3 would be a ball hit directly to the second baseman who threw it to the shortstop covering second and then the shortstop threw it over to the first baseman for a double play.  \n\nI attached a link to a website that tells you how to actually score a game. If you want to watch every moment and see the game unfold, this is one of the best ways to do it.
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I believe its because its more important to the listener by radio if the pitcher is closer to strikeing the the guy out. I think it keeps your interest more than on TV. Because on TV it don't matter because you already focusing on what the pitch count is and if the pitcher is about to strike out or walk the player.
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I don't remember the reasoning for the stat being taken away, think it was in the late 80's or early 90's. The only reason i can think of is that it was a meaningless stat if you think about it. Hit a solo HR in the first and win 1-0, you got the GWRBI. Kinda goofy.
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As stated before: Walk + Hits / Innings Pitched. You want to see something 1.5 or less. Anything over 2.0 (meaning they walk or give up a hit to two batters per inning) and you know their ERA is going to rise as well.
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Basically a stat that depicts the teams win/loss record.  A team at the .500 mark has an equal amount of wins and losses.
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Win: The pitcher who last pitched when his team took the lead. Say it's the 8th inning and the game is tied 0-0. The home team's starting pitcher pitches the top half of the inning and doesn't give up a run. The home team then scores 2 runs in the bottom half, and the closer is brought in to pitch the ninth. Because the starting pitcher was still the pitcher of record (last to pitch) when his team went ahead, he gets the win. \nThere are some stipulations, such as a starting pitcher cannot get the win if he pitches less than 5 innings, but that's the general gist of it.\n\nSave: The pitcher who ends a game with a win for his team, provided..\n1. The pitcher is the last pitcher in a game won by his team; \n2. The pitcher is not the winning pitcher (for instance, if a starting pitcher throws a complete game win or, alternatively, if the pitcher gets a blown save and then his team scores a winning run while he is the pitcher of record, sometimes known as a "vulture win"); \n3. The pitcher fulfills at least one of the following three conditions: \nHe comes into the game with a lead of no more than three runs, and pitches at least one full inning. \nHe comes into the game with the potential tying run being either on base, at bat, or on deck. \nHe pitches at least 3 innings after entering the game with a lead and finishes the game.
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Easy enough:\n\nERA= (ER/IP)*9\n\nER = Earned Runs\nIP = Innings Pitched\nERA = average number of runs allowed per nine innings
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A combo of the two... Baseball wrestling!!! When you get home to try to score a run, you need to wrestle with the catcher... If the runner wins, it's a run, and if the catcher wins, its an out... If multiple runs score, it's a however many runners score v. the catcher match... For a home run, the pitcher can elect to wrestle the hitter to see if it will be a home run or an out... Might actually make baseball worth watching!!!\n\nOh yeah, steroids would be mandatory for all players... Now, that would be great!
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According to the official MLB rules book:\n\nSAVES FOR RELIEF PITCHERS \n10.20\nCredit a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions: (1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and (2) He is not the winning pitcher; and (3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions: (a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or (b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces); or (c) He pitches effectively for at least three innings. No more than one save may be credited in each game.
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What "babe's record" are you talking about?\n\nIf you mean Homeruns, that record belongs to Hank Aaron.\n\nGeorge Herman Ruth's homeruns are meaningless when it concerns the #1 record of all time.\n\nwho cares about breaking the #2 record when it means nothing.
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"Walks and Hits per Innings Pitched.  This means the average number of people the pitcher allows on base through a hit or walk per inning.  It is the best indicator (along with ERA) of how good a pitcher is, not wins.\n\nAnything below 1.000 is awesome.  Anything between 1.000 and 1.500 is very good.  Anything above that starts getting worse the higher you go up.\n\nImagine having a 2.000 WHIP.  This means that you allow at least 2 people on base per inning.  This translates into the possibililty of a lot of runs for the opposing team.