GOOSE EGG Scoring rules

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RANK PITCHER TEAM GOOSE EGGS ↓ GE GAMES Inning records
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Ties share a rank. GE games = games with at least one Goose Egg.

Scoring rules
  1. Relief appearance: seventh inning or later; starting pitchers do not qualify.
  2. Entry score: tied, ahead by one or two runs, or ahead with the tying run on base or at bat when the pitcher first faces a batter that inning.
  3. No runs: no earned or unearned runs charged to the pitcher in that inning, including runs scoring after he leaves. No inherited runner scores while he is pitching.
  4. Outs: at least one out recorded, with outs plus inherited runners totaling three or more.

Each qualifying inning earns one egg. Entry conditions are checked separately for each inning.

FiveThirtyEight definition ↗

Independent calculation from MLB play-by-play; not an official MLB statistic or affiliated with MLB/FiveThirtyEight. Live results are provisional. Eggs are posted after the half-inning settles. Completed feeds are periodically rechecked for scoring corrections.