"Timothy J. Lee" <remove22.DeleteThis@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> When a pitcher makes an error that causes runs to be scored that would
> otherwise not have been scored if an out were made, are the runs supposed
> to be counted as earned? Most box scores that I see list them as
> unearned,
> but sometimes I see a box score listing them as earned.
I believe that a run scoring due to a wild pitch (whether the WP actually
scores the run, or advances the runner to a base that allows them to score
when they would not have scored from the original base) is scored as an
earned run, because the WP was a direct result of the act of pitching.
If the pitcher makes a fielding or throwing error after the ball is in play,
I would think that it would be scored the same as an error by any other
position player, and if it results in a run scoring that otherwise would not
have scored, that run would be unearned, because the error came as the
result of an action by a fielder (albeit, the pitcher in his fielding role)
and not as a direct result of pitching.
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