Odd ERA question

[Antkowiak]

I just finished a game where I beat the Twins 7-5 as the Rays. I was wondering what an "INF" ERA is. Jose Mijares came into the game in the 6th and proceeded to blow the save by giving up 2 runs on 2 hits and was immediately pulled, making it impossible to calculate his ERA for that game (can't divide by 0 IP). Is the "INF" an infinite ERA? If so, how would that reflect on his ERA in the future if this happened in real life? I know it doesn't really relate to the Show (which remains the best sports game available), but it was just something I was curious about since I'm not a huge baseball stat fanatic.

[Cras]

Re: Odd ERA question

INF=Infinity, because you cannot divide by zero. Infinity is an imaginary number used to act as the opposite of Zero divided by 'X' equals zero.

[The Chef]

Re: Odd ERA question

You are correct and in terms of his future ERA, if he came in and pitched a perfect inning then the stats would just be added together showing that he pitched 1 inning and gave up 2 runs and his ERA would drop from infinite to 18.00. Hope that helps.

[JT30]

Re: Odd ERA question

INF=Infinity, because you cannot divide by zero. Infinity is an imaginary number used to act as the opposite of Zero divided by 'X' equals zero.

Since when is infinity an imaginary number?

[Cras]

Re: Odd ERA question

Since when is infinity an imaginary number?

Since always, since it has no value it is not a real number. You cannot add or substract from inifinity and get a whole or counting number in return, so therefore infinity is imaginary, only used to fill in the gaps in calc. trying to determine LIM of stationary equations, which is what happens when you try to divide by zero.

[JT30]

Re: Odd ERA question

Since always, since it has no value it is not a real number. You cannot add or substract from inifinity and get a whole or counting number in return, so therefore infinity is imaginary, only used to fill in the gaps in calc. trying to determine LIM of stationary equations, which is what happens when you try to divide by zero.

Hmm ok. I thought an imaginary number is a non-zero real number and i (imaginary = square root of -1)

No?

[Cras]

Re: Odd ERA question

Hmm ok. I thought an imaginary number is a non-zero real number and i (imaginary = square root of -1)

No?

i is THE imaginary number. Infinity is just AN imaginary number. I know there are others, but I cant really remember from my old calc classes.

[Mr. Franchise]

Re: Odd ERA question

INF=Infinity, because you cannot divide by zero. Infinity is an imaginary number used to act as the opposite of Zero divided by 'X' equals zero.

[countryboy]

Re: Odd ERA question

lol...a mathematical discussion has broken out in a baseball forum...lol

[Two Seamer]

Re: Odd ERA question

I just finished a game where I beat the Twins 7-5 as the Rays. I was wondering what an "INF" ERA is.

Typically it's an economy class ticket back to AAA.

[Cras]

Re: Odd ERA question

Typically it's an economy class ticket back to AAA.

I like your answer better than mine

[Antkowiak]

Re: Odd ERA question

Thanks for the clarification guys. I have literally never seen an INF ERA before today.