The categories considered for position players were batting average, home runs, RBIs and stolen bases; for pitchers the categories were wins, saves,
earned run average and WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched).
AND YOU WONDER WHERE SPECK AND OLWINE CAME FROM... The American League's 4.28
earned run average could be the highest since the league ERA was 4.58 in 1950.
His 200 or more strikeouts in nine consecutive seasons is a major league record, as is his 2.48 career
earned run average among pitchers who have worked at least 2,000 innings.
Hall had
an earned run average of 1.36 from June 20 to the end of the season and completed the year with a 5 - 5 record and 10 saves.
For much of its history, Major League Baseball has aligned the value of its players according to traditional stats, like batting average, home runs, stolen bases,
earned run average and so on.
In the Sept. 5 issue of Fortune, we imagined a new kind of fantasy league: one focused on business leaders, where the stats are ruled more by market cap and earnings per share than on - base percentage and
earned run averages.
Not exact matches
In one recent survey, wealthy individuals said they expect their portfolios to
earn a long -
run average of 8.5 % annually after inflation.
Richards has a 13 - 4 record on the season with a 2.53
earned -
run average.
Brett has a 12 - 7 record, a 2.86
earned -
run average and was the winning pitcher in the National League's 7 - 2 victory in last week's All - Star Game.
Pitcher Catfish Hunter, the first millionaire free agent, had an 0 - 3 record and a 7.27
earned -
run average after his first four starts in 1975.
Darkest Hour
ran in just 4 theaters and
earned a 44K
average, less than Call Me By Your Name but still impressive.
In case you are wondering which vehicles
earned the fastest times, the Porsche 918 Spyder which was priced at $ 875,175
ran the course in 2:43.1 at an
average of 90.5 mph.
You can make a certain number of people happy in the short
run if you tell them they can
earn a lot of money on their assets with safety — say, 10 % / year on
average.
For example, a portfolio of large companies bought at the end of each year where their median P / E was below that of the market would have
earned average annual returns 10.2 percent above S&P 500 returns over the following five - year period (helped by the late 90's
run - up in large companies).
A bit of background: Most mutual funds are
run by people picking stocks or other investments that they think will
earn above -
average returns.
To make it through 30 years without
running out of money, our investments need to
earn an
average 3.4 % a year if inflation is 2 %.
The stock market has
earned an
average of a little less than 10 % per year in the long
run.
If baseball teams recruited potential draftees the way law firms assess law students, they wouldn't look much beyond the player's batting
average, home
run and
run - batted - in totals for hitters, and wins, losses and
earned -
run average for pitchers.
The
average hourly rate
earned however, was substantially less,
running between $ 34 and $ 37 per hour.