General Chat / A Little ERA Help Here?

Okay, I have a riddle that I need help solving with. If anyone would be gracious enough to take a crack at it, that would be great.

Buford R. Kellogg, a pitcher for the Battle Creek Flakes, has an ERA of 3.25 over the 90 innings in which he has worked over the season. During the 4th inning of his most recent game, the Flakes were tied with the Muskegon Mudhatches, 0-0. Kellogg started the inning by walking the first two Mudhatches. Harvey Winkerstein then drove a single to right field scoring a run. After Kellogg recorded a strikeout, an error by Julio Encinada loaded the bases for Muskegon. A double hit to the left center field wall by Frank Ferter plated all three runners. Ferter was thrown out at third trying to stretch his double into a triple. The two subsequent Mudhatches mashed mammoth round trippers into the parking area behind the baseball field. Following another walk, Kellogg was removed from the game.

What is Buford kellogg's new ERA?

If any help could be given, that would be great.

lol, cereal.

Anyway, math sucks.

I don't know how many earned runs the dude gave up in the 4th inning, but let's call that ER. His new ERA is...

(9 * ER) + (90 * 3.25)
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(90 + 4)

Isn't it (10 * 3.25) ? Ah, I've forgotten my ERA formulas. I'm confused. Math sucks. Die math die.

It depends on if that guy he walked scored, because he would be responsible for that run as well. But up until that point he allowed 5 earned runs, 1 unearned (the error) and recorded 2 outs.

For the game (3 2/3 innings) he had an ERA of (5)/(3.667) x9 = 12.27

For the season (93.667 innings, 3.25/9 x 90 = 32.5 runs + 5 runs) (how does he have half a run?) he has an ERA of ... 37.5/93.667 x9 = 3.60

For the game (3 2/3 innings)...

Oh, I guess you can replace the 4 in my equation with 3 2/3. I don't know baseball that well, just math.

Also, that runner he walked is his responsibility. Although he left the game after the walk, if that runner scores, the run is charged to him. So did that dude score? I'm guessing they don't tell you. So let's assume that he didn't. It ends up not mattering, because the second thing you have to know is that AFTER THE ERROR, the runs are unearned. Once an error is committed, baseball statistics assume that that error would have been an out--that's what an error is--and the inning could have been over afterward. In other words, the runs are credited to Julio Encinada. They're his fault, not the pitcher, and the runs are unearned.

So I'm pretty sure he only gave up 1 run in 3 and 2/3 innings, although I may have to check up on whether the error rule is only with two outs. That would make a lot more sense, because if there was one out, the inning would have ended with the out at third. So it's possible that he actually gave up 4 earned runs. It's either 1 or 4. I just wanted to point out that Maverick's wrong.