What does ERA stands for?

Question

I know that ERA is the pitchers average but what each letter means?

Answer 1

it stands for Earned Run Average. How many earned runs the pitcher allows in the game. In the Majors, u take the number of innings the pitcher pitched in the game multiply that by 9(#of inn. in regulation game) then divide that # by the # of earned runs the pitcher gave up in the game. This will = ERA. In High School use 7(# of innings in regulation game in HS) instead of 9, the rest of the math stays the same

Answer 2

Era Stands For

Answer 3

It stands for earned run average. What it really means is how many runs per nine innings a pitcher gives up, since nine innings is the standard game length.

The explanation of how to figure it out given by J-far, above, is incorrect. What you instead do is take the number of earned runs allowed, divide it by the number of innings pitched, and multiply by nine. So using the same example - if a pitcher gave up 110 runs in 200 innings pitched, the calculation would be 110/200*9, for a total of 4.95 - this would be the ERA.

Answer 4

Earned Run Average.

The number of earned runs a pitcher gives up based on a 9 inning game. An unearned run is a run that scores that a pitcher has no control over. Example: There is a runner on 3rd with 2 outs and the batter his a ground ball to the shortstop, the shortstop throws the ball into the stands receiving an error. The runner scores from third. That run is unearned.

Answer 5

Earned Run Average

Answer 6

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It calculates about how many runs a pitcher gives up per 9 innings. You do the math like this: divide the amount of EARNED runs a pitcher has given up by his innings pitched. so if a guy has pitched 200 innings and given up 110 runs, his ERA would be: 1.81

200/110 = 1.81

Answer 7

In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by multiplying the number of earned runs allowed by nine and dividing by the number of innings pitched.

ERA = 9 X ER / IP

Henry Chadwick is credited with first devising the statistic, which caught on as a measure of pitching effectiveness after relief pitching came into vogue in the 1900s. Prior to the 1900s—and, in fact, for many years afterward— pitchers were routinely expected to pitch a complete game, and their won-loss record was considered sufficient in determining their effectiveness. After pitchers like James Otis Crandall and Charlie Hall made names for themselves as relief specialists, gauging a pitcher's effectiveness became more difficult using the traditional method of tabulating wins and losses. The National League first kept official earned run average statistics in 1912 (the statistic was called Heydler's Statistic for a while, after then-NL secretary John Heydler), with the American League following suit afterward.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Earned Run Average.

It is the amount of earned runs a pitcher gives up per nine innings.

Answer 10

Extra Special Astro. It's an average that determines the best Houston pitcher.