Clipping:Fitzgerald's definition of an earned run

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Date	Tuesday, May 6, 1873
Text	Four successive clean base hits score an earned run. Under no circumstances can a runner who should have been put out, score his run as earned. Three “chances” given the field to put the opposite side out prevent an earned run. No run can be considered as earned by a player who has secured his 1 st base on called, balls, as a base so secured is obtained by errors of the pitcher in failing to deliver a fair ball. If the ball is properly handed no player can “steal” either 2d or 2d base; a failure to put him out is, consequently, an error; therefore, should said player (who has reached 1 st on a clean hit) make his 2d base by “stealing,” and be brought “home” by clean hits, the run cannot be scored as earned.
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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