The lowest single-season ERA in league history was posted by Tim Keefe, whose 0.86 ERA in 105 innings pitched for the National League’s Troy Trojans in 1880 led his closest competitor by . 52 runs.
Career Leaders & Records for Earned Run Average
Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Earned Run Average |
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1. | Ed Walsh+ (14) | 1.816 |
2. | Addie Joss+ (9) | 1.887 |
3. | Jim Devlin (5) | 1.896 |
4. | Jack Pfiester (8) | 2.024 |
WHIP is a measure of base runner prevention, but it’s important to remember that base runner prevention is part pitching and part defense. The walks are mostly the pitcher’s fault, but hits vary dependig on the situation.Context:
Rating | WHIP |
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Below Average | 1.40 |
Poor | 1.50 |
Awful | 1.60 |
J. VerlanderHOUMLB Stat Leaders 2022
EARNED RUN AVERAGE | ERA |
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1 J. VerlanderHOU | 1.82 |
2 D. CeaseCHW | 2.06 |
3 J. UriasLAD | 2.25 |
4 A. ManoahTOR | 2.31 |
WHIP reflects a pitcher’s propensity for allowing batters to reach base, therefore a lower WHIP indicates better performance. While earned run average (ERA) measures the runs a pitcher gives up, WHIP more directly measures a pitcher’s effectiveness against batters.
2022 Hitter Rankings: Top 150 Rest of Season (Updated: 8/14/2022)
Rank | Name | Team |
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1 | Jose Ramirez | CLE |
2 | Aaron Judge | NYY |
3 | Trea Turner | LAD |
4 | Juan Soto | SDP |
Most Seasons Played
Player | Years Played | Seasons |
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Nolan Ryan | 1966-1993 | 27 |
Cap Anson | 1871-1897 | 27 |
Deacon McGuire | 1884-1912 | 26 |
Tommy John | 1963-1989 | 26 |
The name “live-ball era” comes from the dramatic rise in offensive statistics, a direct result of a series of rule changes (introduced in 1920) that were colloquially said to have made the ball more “lively”. The live-ball era was the era in which baseball regained relevance and exploded in popularity.
A pitcher may change to another position only once during the same inning in NFHS and pro, but only once per game in NCAA (NFHS 3-1-2; NCAA 5-5b, NCAA 9-4e; OBR 5.10d Comment 1).
Completely unofficial and no record books have ever been kept. The following pitchers had no problem with their pitch count, at least for one inning, as they started the inning, threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.
Infinity ERA, also known as infinite ERA, is when a pitcher allows one or more earned runs without recording a single out. ERA is calculated by dividing earned runs by innings pitched and multiplying by 9, but if no outs are recorded then you would be dividing by 0, which equates to infinity.
Outfielder Ty Cobb, whose career ended in 1928, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He batted . 366 over 24 seasons, mostly with the Detroit Tigers.
Interpreted as:
NAME | SEASON | ERA- |
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Adam Wainwright | 2021 | 76 |
Lance McCullers Jr. | 2021 | 76 |
Anthony DeSclafani | 2021 | 78 |
Joe Musgrove | 2021 | 78 |
H/9 represents the average number of hits a pitcher allows per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing a pitcher’s hits allowed by his innings pitched and multiplying that by nine. It’s a very useful tool for evaluating pitchers, whose goal is to prevent runs, which are usually scored by hits.
Definition. Slugging percentage represents the total number of bases a player records per at-bat. Unlike on-base percentage, slugging percentage deals only with hits and does not include walks and hit-by-pitches in its equation. Slugging percentage differs from batting average in that all hits are not valued equally.
Definition. OPS adds on-base percentage and slugging percentage to get one number that unites the two. It’s meant to combine how well a hitter can reach base, with how well he can hit for average and for power.
Definition. A fielder is credited with a putout when he is the fielder who physically records the act of completing an out – whether it be by stepping on the base for a forceout, tagging a runner, catching a batted ball, or catching a third strike.
Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers in Walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) with at least 1,000 innings pitched. Addie Joss is the all-time leader with a career WHIP of 0.9678.
FPS: First pitch strikes. FPS%: First pitch strike percentage. FPSO%: % of FPS at-bats that result in an out. FPSW%: % of FPS at-bats that result in a walk. FPSH%: % of FPS at-bats that result in a hit.
Jacob deGromTop-100 2022 Starting Pitcher Rankings
Rank | Player | Team |
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1 | Jacob deGrom | NYM |
2 | Max Scherzer | NYM |
3 | Corbin Burnes | MIL |
4 | Shane McClanahan | TBR |
Can pitchers still hit? MLB is implementing a “Shohei Ohtani Rule,” which will allow pitchers to hit in the order. However, they’re given a separate designation as a designated hitter. This means, in the Angels superstar’s case, once he’s pulled from the game he can continue batting under the DH designation.