EDGEAI

MLBcontact quality pitcher hr prone

1.7 HR/9

Kumar Rocker has allowed 14 home runs in 74.1 innings this season — 1.7 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.89. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

Published Sunday, August 30, 2026

Kumar Rocker has allowed 14 home runs in 74.1 innings this season — 1.7 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.89. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

THE NUMBERS

angle
pitcher_hr_prone
direction
prone
pitcher id
677958
pitcher name
Kumar Rocker
team
Texas Rangers
matchup
Texas Rangers vs Milwaukee Brewers
headline
1.7 HR/9
hr9
1.7
innings pitched
74.1
home runs allowed
14
era
4.89
detail
Kumar Rocker has allowed 14 home runs in 74.1 innings this season — 1.7 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.89. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

This record was written when the finding was first published and has not been edited since. The numbers and the wording are what our engines produced on the day.