What is Home Runs Allowed ?

Home runs allowed is the number of home runs given up by a pitcher or a team's pitchers over a defined period of time. A home run is attributed to a pitcher when that batter makes it safeley home in the same play where the ball was put into play and there were no fielding errors. Most commonly this is when a player hits the ball over the outfield fence in fair territory but on some occasions a well placed hit into the outfield can result in an in the park home run. Generally, for Home Runs Allowed, lower is better. (Source)

What is a good Home Runs Allowed?

What does good Home Runs Allowed mean? "Good" baseball stats can be very subjective and mean different things to different people. I have attempted to quantify good and bad by taking season and career stats for MLB pitchers with a minimum number of pitched outs. In this case 100 for career and 50 for a season. To find good and bad within this cohort of players I calculated the first and third quartiles, anything between these quartiles I consider average. This makes up the middle 50% of players. In an example where higher is better for a stat, below the first quartile (bottom 25% of players) would be bad and above the 3rd quartile (top 25% of players) would be good. For stats where lower is better, flip around good and bad.
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Career, Season, and Season Average Home Runs Allowed Records

For my hot take on Home Runs Allowed records most of the same rules apply from the first section. To be considered for my prestigious lists the player must meet a certain threshold of pitched outs. Since this is a Pitching stat to be considered for the career list the player must have over 100 pitched outs, for a season consideration the player must have had 75 pitched outs. Additionally, the player's final game must have been after 1899.
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Distribution of Career Home Runs Allowed by Player Generation

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Distribution of Season Home Runs Allowed by Player Generation

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Distribution of Career Home Runs Allowed by Player Position

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Distribution of Season Home Runs Allowed by Player Position

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