* CERA — Component ERA: an estimate of a pitcher's ERA based upon the individual components of his statistical line ( K, H, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, HBP )

* DICE — Defense-Independent Component ERA: an estimate of a pitcher's ERA based upon the defense-independent components of his statistical line ( K, HR, BB, HBP )

* FIP — Fielding independent pitching: a metric, scaled to resemble an ERA, that focuses on events within the pitcher's control — home runs, walks, and strikeouts

However, the pitching staff — a strong point for the team in 1995 — was beset by injuries: Bill Swift, who went 9 – 3 in 1995, started just three games, and the staff ERA ballooned to 5. 60.

Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

In addition, the pitching staff posted a 4. 66 ERA — the best in team history — and starters Jason Jennings, Aaron Cook, and Jeff Francis had good seasons.

* Kevin Brown ( 1996 – 1997 ) — In 1996, Brown posted a 17 – 11 record with 159 strikeouts and an MLB best 1. 89 ERA, finishing second in the Cy Young Award voting.

* Brad Penny ( 2000 – 2004 ) — In 2003, Penny collected the win in Florida's NLCS clinching victory over the Chicago Cubs and in the World Series against the New York Yankees he went 2 – 0 with a 2. 19 ERA in his two starts.

The article further reasoned that because Article V of the Constitution gives the Congress the power to propose amendments to the Constitution — including changing aspects of the ratification process itself — that if three additional states ratify the ERA, the Congress has the power to deem the ERA properly ratified and duly added to the Constitution.

In 1987, Ryan led the major leagues in both ERA ( 2. 76 ) and strikeouts ( 270 ) at the age of 40 — but finished 8 – 16 as the result of extremely poor run support.

* Mariano Rivera — eight innings, 1. 12 ERA, two saves ( Series MVP )

Lyle finished his 16-year career with 238 saves, a 2. 88 ERA, and a record of 99-76 in 899 games pitched — all in relief.

Again, Palmer was at his peak in, winning 23 games, throwing 10 shutouts ( allowing just 44 hits in those games ), and fashioning a 2. 09 ERA — all tops in the American League.

Although the Cubs continued losing, Smith finished with a career-best 1. 65 ERA — more than two points below the league average — and a career-best 1. 074 WHIP while leading the National League with 29 saves and 56 games finished.

During those four consecutive seasons, Maddux had a 75 – 29 record with a 1. 98 Earned run average (| ERA ), while allowing less than one runner per inning.

He also started 39 Games, had 14 Complete Games, 270 ⅓ Innings Pitched, 252 Hits Allowed, 107 Runs Allowed, 99 Earned Runs Allowed, 61 Walks, 142 Strikeouts, 8 Wild Pitches, 1, 095 Batters Faced, 2 Intentional Walks and a 3. 30 ERA.

In 14 years, he had a 145-119 Win-Loss record, 571 Games, 293 Games Started, 89 Complete Games, 18 Shutouts, 160 Games Finished, 53 Saves, 2, 442 Innings Pitched, 2, 292 Hits Allowed, 1, 105 Runs Allowed, 985 Earned Runs Allowed, 292 Home Runs Allowed, 849 Walks, 1, 267 Strikeouts, 33 Hit Batsmen, 60 Wild Pitches, 10, 293 Batters Faced, 59 Intentional Walks, 3 Balks and a 3. 63 ERA.

* ERA +— Adjusted ERA +: earned run average adjusted for the ballpark and the league average

Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3. 12 earned run average ( ERA ), and 4, 672 strikeouts, the third-most all time.

Despite being shut out four times in ten games, the Giants recorded an 18 – 8 September to move into first by three games as the pitching staff achieved a team ERA of 1. 78, the lowest in the National League in a September stretch run since the 1965 Dodgers.

Pitching exclusively in relief, Wilhelm led the National League with a 2. 43 earned run average ( ERA ) in 1952.

Earlier in the game, however, Yastrzemski began the scoring with a home run off left-handed pitcher Ron Guidry, who was having a career year ( 25 wins, 3 loses and a 1. 74 ERA ).

Although ERA and UNIVAC were run separately within the company, looking to cash in on the UNIVAC's well known name, they renamed the machine to become the " UNIVAC 1101 ".

In 59 innings pitched, Grove gave up just 30 hits, and he had an earned run average ( ERA ) of 1. 68.

Grove then settled down in 1926 and won the first of a record nine earned run average ( ERA ) titles with a mark of 2. 51.

The pitching Triple Crown is accomplished by a pitcher who has led the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average ( ERA ).

During the Phillies ' pennant run in, Schilling went 16 – 7 with a 4. 02 ERA and 186 strikeouts.

He began gaining more in-depth knowledge about baseball strategy while posting a 6 – 6 win – loss record and a 4. 66 earned run average ( ERA ), to go along with a. 258 batting average.

He felt that the existing statistics at the time, earned run average ( ERA ) and win – loss record ( W-L ), did not sufficiently measure a reliever's effectiveness.

Beckett's 2 – 0 record and 1. 93 ERA against the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS earned him the 2007 ALCS MVP Award, and he started and won the first game of the 2007 World Series against the Colorado Rockies, pitching 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 6 hits, and striking out 9 batters.

While earned run average ( ERA ) measures the runs a pitcher gives up, WHIP more directly measures a pitcher's effectiveness against the batters faced.

Nicknamed " Hoot " and " Gibby ", Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3, 117 strikeouts, and a 2. 91 earned run average ( ERA ) during his career.

He earned 21 wins for the second time in his career ( and the first ever 20-win season for a Blue Jays pitcher ), though he rode the wave of superior run support from his offense, given his 4. 04 ERA that year.

After blazing through the hitters at AAA Syracuse to the tune of a 0. 88 ERA and 18 saves in 51 1 / 3 innings over 38 appearances, he was promoted to Toronto and never looked back, not allowing a run in his first 11 appearances and finished the season with 13 saves.

By going into the SEE STANDINGS menu, it can be seen how each team fares compared to each other team, each teams ' win / loss records, top ten batting averages, top ten home run batters, top ten RBI hitters, top ten ERA pitchers, top ten winning pitchers, and top ten save leaders.

Each individual player's batting average and home run totals can be seen when that player is up to bat and individual pitcher's ERA is shown when that pitcher is pitching.

The Mariners immediately assigned him to their rookie league team, where he went 5 – 3 with a 2. 41 earned run average ( ERA ) in 12 starts.

In 1942, Reynolds went 18 – 7 with a 1. 56 earned run average ( ERA ), eleven shutouts, twenty-one complete games, and 193 strikeouts in 231 innings pitched, earning a promotion to MLB to finish the 1942 season.

Veterans Dennis Martinez, Orel Hershiser and Eddie Murray combined with a young core of players including Albert Belle, Jim Thome, Manny Ramírez and Charles Nagy to lead the league in team batting average as well as team ERA.

In 1960, Harvard University sociologist William Gamson started the " Baseball Seminar " where colleagues would form rosters that earned points on the players ' final standings in batting average, RBI, ERA and wins.

In a ten-year career, Garcés compiled a 23 – 10 record with a 3. 74 ERA, seven saves, 53 holds, 296 strikeouts, 164 walks, and 341-1 / 3 innings pitched in 287 games, holding opponents to a. 227 batting average.

His 2. 06 ERA was 2. 32 runs below the league average.

His lifetime ERA of 3. 06, when normalized to overall league ERA and adjusted for the parks in which Grove played during his career, is fourth all-time among pitchers with at least 1, 000 innings pitched ( behind Mariano Rivera, Jim Devlin, and Pedro Martínez ) at 48 percent better than average.

That season, his numbers improved to a 9 – 2 record, a 4. 30 ERA, and a. 352 batting average.

In 1968, Denny McLain won 31 games and Bob Gibson had a 1. 12 ERA, while Carl Yastrzemski led the American League in hitting with a. 301 average.

In his first 15 appearances, Gagné allowed 14 earned runs in 14 innings ( a 9. 00 ERA ) with three blown saves and an opponent batting average of over. 350.