How to Note a Winning or Losing Pitcher on a Scorecard

Video Transcript

"Another pitching statistic is the Win/Loss record. Now, wins and losses can be a little complicated to determine based on the number of innings that a particular pitcher has pitched. So we're going to look at our scorecard here. In a three run victory for our home team here. We've got Adam Jones, who is our starting pitcher. He went seven innings, threw 85 pitches, gave up two bases on balls, six strikeouts, three hits, three runs, three earned runs. So he gave up three runs on three hits. Now, he came out of the game in the seventh inning with the lead, and the relief pitcher, Jim Ross came in, pitched the final two innings -- he threw fifteen pitches, gave up no bases on balls, no strikeouts, no hits, no runs, and no earned runs. So the win in this case would go to our staring pitcher Jones. That means he went more than five innings. In order to get a win, you have to pitch more than five innings as a starting pitcher, and you have to leave the game with the lead. Your team has to be in the lead when you leave the game to get a win. Now, if you came in -- if Jim Ross came in relief with the game tied at 3 to 3, if he was on the mound when his team took the lead, then we would give the win to him. For a loss, it doesn't matter how many innings you pitch -- you can pitch one inning, if you give up the run that is the difference, if you give up one run and your team doesn't score any then in the first inning, then you are the losing pitcher. So, tallying wins and losses can be a little complicated. It's all dependent upon how many innings you pitch and at what point you left the game. What the score was when you left the game. That's how you determine a win or a loss in baseball."