I'm not good with statistics, but I'm curious about era and innings pitched.. I'm not even sure how to ask the question..LOL! When looking at a pitcher's era do you also consider the number of innings they have pitched? For example..Pitcher one has pitched 100 innings with an era of 4.50 Vs. another pitcher that has pitched 27 innings and has an era of 0.77.
ERA and Innings Pitched..
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As I understand it, ERA calculations definitely consider the number of innings pitched, and are then normalized to 7 innings.
ERA = (# Earned Runs / # Innings Pitched) * 7
if you work backwards with your examples above, the 100 inning pitcher has given up ~64 runs and the 27 inning pitcher has given up ~3 runs.
ERA = (# Earned Runs / # Innings Pitched) * 7
if you work backwards with your examples above, the 100 inning pitcher has given up ~64 runs and the 27 inning pitcher has given up ~3 runs.
Yes. No. To what end? Understanding your sample size is very helpful.
One bad inning out of 27, can really mess with an ERA. Not nearly as much when the pitcher has thrown 100 inning.
Only getting a few starts facing a couple of really weak teams, can do wonders for your ERA.
The larger the sample size, the more likely it is to truly reflect performance.
Is that what you are looking for?
One bad inning out of 27, can really mess with an ERA. Not nearly as much when the pitcher has thrown 100 inning.
Only getting a few starts facing a couple of really weak teams, can do wonders for your ERA.
The larger the sample size, the more likely it is to truly reflect performance.
Is that what you are looking for?
I'd take pitcher B.
Once innings pitched is over 20-30 or so, I ignore that. The ERA factors that in. Extreme example. Is the pitcher who pitched 1 inning of shut-out ball and has an ERA of 0.00 better than the pitcher with 50 innings of 2.00 ERA? Too early to know.
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ERA is a horrible stat. It has so many issues.
Use FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) when evaluating your pitchers....
Use FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) when evaluating your pitchers....
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What's a Good FIP for high school or college?
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For D1 the average is/was around 2.91 last time I looked.
Gamechanger calculates FIP for you if you use GameChanger.
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Thank you
Thanks.. I'm just curious how it all works. I was never interested in statistics, but now that my daughter is in college I'm trying to learn what it's all about.
