Presenting the full list of Scoreless Outing Percentage (ScOtg%), Goose Eggs (GE), and related statistics for the first half of 2022.<\/p>\n
Statistics run through the end of play on July 17, the end of the first half.<\/p>\n
These statistics aim to further measure effectiveness of relief pitchers. Scoreless Outing Percentage, which first appeared in this piece<\/a>, is a supplemental statistic based on the premise that a reliever\u2019s job is to go into the game and “put up a zero.” His goal is to not allow any more runs to score, whether they be charged to him or inherited. This percentage looks at how often he, basically, did his job.<\/p>\n Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com invented Goose Eggs (GE), Broken Eggs (BE), and Mehs (M). These statistics aim to measure clutch late-inning relief in a more meaningful way than the save, which is a stat that has some flaws.<\/p>\n GR = Games in Relief AL Average: 71.5% NL Average: 68.7% MLB Average: 70.1%<\/p>\nScoreless Outing Team Statistics<\/h3>\n
Explanations<\/h4>\n
\nScOtg = Scoreless Outing, a GR where the pitcher has no runs charged to him (earned or unearned).
\nIOtg = I stands for Inherited Run and indicates a ScOtg where he allowed inherited runs to score.
\nUOtg = U is Unearned Run. It does not count as a ScOtg, but it notes that the run wasn\u2019t the reliever’s fault.
\nScOtg% = ScOtg divided by GR, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percentage point.<\/p>\nLeaders and Tables<\/h4>\n
\nAL Team Leaders: Houston Astros<\/a>, 79.8%; New York Yankees<\/a>, 77.0%; Seattle Mariners<\/a>, 76.4%<\/p>\n
\nNL Team Leaders: Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, 73.3%; Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, 72.2%; Miami Marlins<\/a>, 72.1%<\/p>\n