Earned run
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In baseball, an earned run is any run for which the pitcher is held accountable (i.e. the run did not score as a result of a fielding error or a passed ball). If a run is not earned, it is an unearned run. Even if a runner scores on a fielding error by the pitcher himself, it is an unearned run.
Earned runs are specially denoted because of their use in calculating a pitcher's earned run average.
In determining earned runs, the official scorer must reconstruct the inning as it would have occurred without the errors (which include catcher's interference) and passed balls, with the benefit of the doubt always being given to the pitcher in determining which bases would have been reached by errorless play.
A run is counted as unearned when:
- The baserunner scores after the third out would have been made.
- The run is scored after an error is committed that would have made the third out
- A baserunner scores on a play where an error was committed, and the inning ends before that runner would have had a chance to score. Example: A passed ball allows a runner to score. The batter at the plate then strikes out to end the inning. The run is unearned. If the batter had instead got a base hit, the run would be earned, since the runner would have scored on that play.
- The defensive team records two outs and had at least one error of record in the inning that would have been a third out. Each successive run in the inning is now unearned to the current pitcher. However if a relief pitcher replaces the current pitcher, any new run (not aided by errors) created by the new pitcher is considered earned to him and unearned to the team.
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