Roger Clemens Earned Runs
Roger Clemens Career Earned Runs Overview
During Roger Clemens's 24-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1707 earned runs, an average of 71 earned runs per season. 2006 was his best season
with 29 earned runs and his worst season was 1996 when he had
98 earned runs. Roger Clemens underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (260.02402513399), Baby Boomers (294.96113744076), Y (1220.25), mlb (252.43564513569), and SP (361.29457364341) 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)