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Early ERA titles: a reexamination of pre-1951 qualification standards.(earned run average)
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The National Pastime
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January 1, 2005
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- Levitt, Dan
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In December 1958 one W. Reich from Sacramento wrote a letter to The Sporting News requesting clarification of the minimum playing time criteria for determining the ERA leader.
Recently I was looking over the books I had
acquired from The Sporting News, and I
discovered that three pitchers were credited with
winning the earned-run-average crown even
though they did not throw the required 154-inning
minimum.
I am referring to 1943 in the National League,
when Howie Pollet won, pitching 118 innings;
1945, when Hank Borowy won, pitching 122
innings; and 1950, when Jim Hearn won,
pitching 134 innings.
Why are these three given ...
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