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MLBcontact quality pitcher hr prone

2.02 HR/9

Bryce Elder has allowed 18 home runs in 80.3 innings this season — 2.02 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.02. 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 Monday, August 31, 2026

Bryce Elder has allowed 18 home runs in 80.3 innings this season — 2.02 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.02. 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
693821
pitcher name
Bryce Elder
team
Atlanta Braves
matchup
San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
headline
2.02 HR/9
hr9
2.02
innings pitched
80.3
home runs allowed
18
era
4.02
detail
Bryce Elder has allowed 18 home runs in 80.3 innings this season — 2.02 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.02. 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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