If you are a Baseball pitcher, you want a low era. ERA stands for earned run average, meaning how many runs were scored on you. You want low one because no pitcher wants people to score on them.
Cy Young by far. He changed the standards for pitching for his era and many eras onward.
Ublado Jiemenz of the Colorado Rockies achieving an ERA of 0.70 and pitching the first no hitter in the history of the Rockies.
The stats used to determine the Triple Crown of Pitching are wins, strikeouts, and earned run average or ERA. The first American League pitcher to win the Triple Crown of Pitching was Cy Young in 1901. The first pitcher to win it in the National League was Tommy Bond in 1877.
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The clip part is refering to a streak that a player is on and it could be used as the batter is batting at a 750 clip, which would be batting average, or a 7.50 clip ERA, which would be for pitching. Also the 750 clip baseball is maybe the most difficult baseball game because it is too quick.
i want to know what was happening at the time of the contemporary era
The pitcher was Bob Gibson. MLB lowered the mound in 1969. In 1968, Gibson went 22-9 with a 1.12 ERA and 268 strike outs.
Many historians call the period of baseball starting in 1920 the Live Ball Era.
Pitching for the Boston Red Sox in the 1916 World Series, Babe Ruth's ERA was .87. This is amazing.
Babe Ruth, pitching for the Boston Red Sox had the best ERA in 1916. It was 1.75. That's a low ERA for people not familiar with the game.
2006- 4W, 5L, 5saves, 3.17 ERA 2007- 6W, 7L, 8 saves, 3.32 ERA
Hitting - Lead your lead in batting average, home runs and RBI. Pitching - Lead your league in wins, ERA and strikeouts. Carl Yastrzemski won the last hitting triple crown in 1967 with the Red Sox, recording a .326 average, 44 HR and 121 RBI. Jake Peavy won the last pitching triple crown in 2007 with the Padres, getting 19 wins, 240 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.54.