Sad Sam Jones Earned Runs
Sad Sam Jones Career Earned Runs Overview
During Sad Sam Jones's 22-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1656 earned runs, an average of 75 earned runs per season. 1914 was his best season
with 1 earned runs and his worst season was 1925 when he had
127 earned runs. Sad Sam Jones underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (260.02402513399), The Lost Generation (275.4046875), 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)