The 24-year-old Carson allowed one earned run and two hits in eight appearances at Las Vegas.
Most importantly, Pettitte had never led his league in strikeouts or earned run average.
Only nine Hall of Fame pitchers have a career earned run average of 3.50 or higher.
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Lidge converted all 41 of his save opportunities this season, while posting a 1.95 earned run average.
Niese has given up just one earned run in three exhibition starts, allowing six hits over 12 1-3 innings.
We ranked pitchers by our new Forbes Pitching Efficiency Number (FPEN), computed by dividing a pitcher's wins by his earned run average.
His first call-up as a rookie in 1995 saw him post a robust 5.51 earned run average (ERA), leading to trade talk.
"It's the first time I haven't had it this spring, " said Verlander, who entered the game having allowed only one earned run.
In his 18 seasons as a major league pitcher, Morris never had an earned run average less than 3.05 in the regular season.
Jonathon Niese gave up one earned run in six innings, the 22nd straight time he's gone at least that far for the Mets.
The Mets are appealing to Major League Baseball to get the second earned run charged Friday to Matt Harvey changed to an unearned run.
Veterans coming to Colorado--Bill Swift, Darrel Kyle, Hampton and Neagle--were easily psyched out by the effect of the altitude on their earned run averages.
Individual talent and performance statistics like overall scoring disparity, team batting average, home runs or a pitching staff's earned run average are given no weight at all.
Pitchers were primarily rated on winning percentage, earned run average (ERA) and innings, with limited weight given to strikeouts and (inversely) walks and hits allowed per nine innings.
Pitching in an era of explosive offense, his 3.17 earned run average over that span was nearly a run a game lower than that of an average starting pitcher.
If he were to ever gain the necessary votes for election, Morris would supplant Red Ruffing (3.80) as having the highest earned run average for a Hall of Fame pitcher.
If Morris were ever to be elected to the Hall of Fame, he would have the highest earned run average of any pitcher celebrated in the hallowed halls of Cooperstown.
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With the additions of Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum, the Brewers have strengthened a pitching rotation that had the third highest earned run average in the National League last year (4.58).
There are "plus-minus" numbers in hockey (the measure of how many goals a player is on the ice for, both for and against), fumbles in football and earned run average in baseball.
W.A.A. Unfortunately, Sandy Koufax was the last man to join this exclusive club in 1963 when he won 25 ball games, struck out 306 batters and accumulated a miniscule 1.88 earned run average.
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While Pettitte had more wins and a higher winning percentage than Hentgen, the former ace of the Blue Jays had bested Pettitte in key categories such as earned run average, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games and shutouts.
With a record of 240-138 (.635), a 3.88 earned run average (pitching mostly in an era of big offense) and ten seasons with at least 200 innings, he rates as one of the top pitchers of his time.
From the old school (home runs, batting average, runs batted in, wins, earned run average) to the money ball school (on-base percentage, slugging percentage, wins over replacement player), there's more to feed the stat geek's appetite than ever.
Without much fanfare, the Mets added Shaun Marcum, an underrated right-hander with a career earned-run average of 3.76.
All five pitchers threw more than 50 innings of relief this season while combining for a 3.12 earned-run average.
Opening-day starter Jon Niese looks poised to improve from his impressive 2012, when he compiled a 3.40 earned-run average.
In 70.33 innings he's had a 4.22 earned-run average and a 6-4 record.
Yet, eyeballing my sample, I instantly spotted numerous pitchers earning chief executive pay (okay, without the stock options), but sporting outsize earned-run averages.
Since 2003, the teams with 1, 000-inning rotations posted a 3.76 bullpen earned-run average, compared with a 4.05 ERA for everybody else.
They owe their success primarily to their pitchers, whose combined 2.36 earned-run average entering Tuesday was the best in the majors.
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