Keith Atherton Earned Runs
Keith Atherton Career Earned Runs Overview
During Keith Atherton's 7-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
251 earned runs, an average of 36 earned runs per season. 1989 was his best season
with 18 earned runs and his worst season was 1984 when he had
50 earned runs. Keith Atherton is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by RP (128.54258568035), Baby Boomers (294.96113744076), Y (1220.25), USA (260.02402513399), and mlb (252.43564513569) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)