Hoyt Wilhelm Earned Runs
Hoyt Wilhelm Career Earned Runs Overview
During Hoyt Wilhelm's 21-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
632 earned runs, an average of 30 earned runs per season. 1971 was his best season
with 6 earned runs and his worst season was 1959 when he had
55 earned runs. Hoyt Wilhelm is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (260.02402513399), The Greatest Generation (287.63593932322), mlb (252.43564513569), RP (128.54258568035), and Y (1220.25) 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)