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Old 04-18-2017, 09:15 AM
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Deadball ERAs are uniformly lower. Why?

Simple. The gloves in that era were made for errors. Errors lead to unearned runs. Unearned runs lead to lower ERAs.

I propose yet another new stat, the URA or Unearned Run Average, which in effect would be a team fielding indicator. Team URAs might have a lower standard deviation than pitcher's ERAs in any given era. If so, the URA might be useful in comparing pitchers from different eras by applying the following formula for pitchers:

their ERA + their URA = their RA or Run Average/9 innings.

Then again it might not be useful..

But imagine, if only the Washington team was equipped with modern gloves behind WaJo, would he have been less effective as a pitcher, probably not, but Washington would have won more games and Walter would not have had enough fingers for his World Series rings.

I think I have proven my point. If you get it, let me know.
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