ERA stands for "earned run average" and it represents the number of earned runs that a pitcher allows per nine innings. A pitcher's ERA is one of the many statistics that baseball fans can use to...
Category: Pitching
Whenever you’re watching a professional baseball game and you see a pitcher warming up for the first time, they almost always show the stats for the pitcher. One of the stats that will always...
There are a lot of rules in baseball, but the one rule that seems to be the most elusive for both fans and players is the balk rule. Most people have heard about the balk rule and they understand...
Most players, coaches, and fans know that a penalty for a balk in baseball is the runner getting to advance one base, but because it is uncommon to see a balk, a lot of people have questions about...
Whenever I’m playing baseball and a pitcher makes an illegal move, it seems like many players understand what constitutes a balk. But the thing that doesn’t get talked about very often is the...
Baseball is an exciting sport to both play and watch, but it is a sport that has a lot of rules to remember. The balk rule is one of those rules where fans are aware it exists, but it doesn’t get...