Your Texas Rangers!: Official 2009 Thread

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Scoobay

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.

The counter point to that is if the pitcher throws the ball away throwing to any other base it's an error and can create an unearned run.

[Five-ofan]

Originally Posted by jthig32

The counter point to that is if the pitcher throws the ball away throwing to any other base it's an error and can create an unearned run.

yep. My point is essentially the name its self. Its called an EARNED run. The runner from third didnt earn his way home by making millwood throw a wp. Ive just never understood why it counted that way.