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Originally Posted by Five-ofan
i know its not an error but its a free base that the offensive team had nothing to do with gaining. Should be an unearned run. Thats always been a pet peeve of mine.
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is it any different with a passed ball (the catcher's fault)?
I guess i always looked at earned runs as a measure of the pitcher's performance and if the pitcher throws a wild pitch, that's his fault and thus it counts towards earned runs. a passed ball on the other hand is like an error for the catcher so i'd think it would not count as an earned run in that case, because the pitcher wasn't at fault.