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MLBcontact quality pitcher hr prone

1.69 HR/9

Andrew Painter has allowed 14 home runs in 74.7 innings this season — 1.69 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 5.71. 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 Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Andrew Painter has allowed 14 home runs in 74.7 innings this season — 1.69 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 5.71. 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
691725
pitcher name
Andrew Painter
team
Philadelphia Phillies
matchup
Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
headline
1.69 HR/9
hr9
1.69
innings pitched
74.7
home runs allowed
14
era
5.71
detail
Andrew Painter has allowed 14 home runs in 74.7 innings this season — 1.69 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 5.71. 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.

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