Clipping:Defining and scoring earned runs
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| Date | Wednesday, August 31, 1887 |
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| Text | [from Questions Answered] In a recent game between Wichita and Lincoln, of the Western League, Lincoln was credited with two unearned runs and Wichita with no errors by the official scorer. The latter when questioned stated that the first unearned run was made by a batsman who was hit by the pitcher and got around by good running and outs. The other run was made by a player who got first on a force hit and was then batted in. this run was not earned, according to Nick Young's ruling, that an earned run can't be made by a batsman who reaches first base on a force hit. … ...we respectfully beg to differ with President Young. While he is commonly and justly accepted as an authority on base ball rules, his logic in this case is hard to understand. The commonly accepted definition of an earned run is a run scored by the nine at bat which perfect fielding on the part of the nine in the field would not have prevented. Certainly in the case mentioned the playing of the nine in the field is perfect. If there is a man on first, the third baseman should always throw a ground ball batted to him to second base. Suppose he should throw the ball to first; A. would take second and score. As it was, B. simply took A.'s place. His run would certainly be counted. Mr. Young says that it would be unfair to score B. an earned run, because he scores on the hits of other players. How else is he to score? It would seem that the proper criterion of an earned run is the one mentioned, namely, where perfect fielding does not prevent it. Submitted to this test B.'s run is an earned run, because there was no possible way to prevent it. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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