Robin Roberts Earned Runs
Robin Roberts Career Earned Runs Overview
During Robin Roberts's 19-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1774 earned runs, an average of 93 earned runs per season. 1948 was his best season
with 52 earned runs and his worst season was 1956 when he had
147 earned runs. Robin Roberts underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (260.02402513399), The Greatest Generation (287.63593932322), 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)