Clipping:Young does not credit earned runs on bases on balls
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Date | Wednesday, May 15, 1889 |
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Text | [from R. M. Larner's column] Many of the official and unofficial scorers are laboring under the impression that a base on balls is a factor in securing an earned run. The President of the League decided otherwise, although he admits that there is no specific mention of the fact in the proceedings of the League meetings of 1888-89. I had quite a long talk with Mr. Young on this point, and he states that when a base on balls was credited as a base hit, it was necessary that a base on balls should be given in an earned run. By abolishing the base-on-balls-a-hit rule, it was generally understood by the playing rules committee that a base on balls figured no longer as a factor in an earned run. The Sporting Life May 15, 1889 [N.B. The rules don't support Young's interpretation.] |
Source | Sporting Life |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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