Why is there no statistic for relief pitchers called "Inherited Baserunners Allowed to Score"?

Answer 1

this stat is recorded it is just not as popular as other stats such as era, wins, strikeouts. baseball prospectus offers a stat called expected runs. it goes like this, for every base runner/out combination (1st and 2nd, 1 out /// loaded, 2 outs /// etc.) there is an expected number of runs that will score. when a pitcher leaves the game, whatever situation he leaves in, his expected era is credited that amount of runs. when a reliever comes in, his era is credited the difference in the expected runs when he came in and the expected runs when he came out. for example, if a pitcher leaves an inning with the bases loaded and no one out, he is credited with the expected runs for that situation which is 2.25 runs (based on 2005 stats). a reliever comes in and gets 3 outs without allowing a run, he is then credited with -2.25 runs as the expected runs with no one on base and 3 outs is 0. this may not be exactly the stat you were looking for but this stat does a great job for relievers and the situations they get brought in and the situations they leave from.

Answer 2

I think a system like this would be great!I think a lot of times when a relief pitcher comes into the game with runners already on base they aren't as motivated to do well because whatever happens with those runners doesn't effect their record or statistics.

Answer 3

the reason being is that the relief pitcher didn't place those baserunner on base via a walk, hit, hits batman, etc. the pitcher before is responsible because he placed those runners on base and are his responsibility even though the relief pitcher gives up a walk, hit, etc and the runner scores.

Answer 4

The closest that they have for set up men is the Hold category. Even if the set up man does not get the loss, he can get a blown save if he lets in an inherited runner, but if it does not result in a loss, the pitcher gets a hold.

Answer 5

Because baseball has the worst and most misleading stats of any sport. You hear a guy is a 300-hitter and you think he's good. But a more detailed analysis of his stats might reveal that he only gets hits when nobody is on base. When teammates are on base, he strikes out looking. I'd rather have a clutch hitter whose overall average is only, say .245 but has a large number of ribbies.

Answer 6

Runners on base at the time of a pitching change are charged to the pitcher being relieved........

Answer 7

those runs belong to and add to the era of the pitcher that allowed them to reach base

Answer 8

Those runners aren't the responsibility of the incoming pitcher.
There are only so many statistics you can keep... I'm sure they did at some point...

Answer 9

it counts as earned runs to the pitcher that let them on.(If all got on without errors)