I guess I just don't get this. The reliever should be "blamed" somehow if runners already on base scores? So if 2 pitchers come in and get 3 outs, yet one of them comes in with 2 guys on and they score, he did a poorer job? Inherited runers is as flawed a stat as exists, as it blames a pitcher for his bad luck. A runner on 3B/0 outs counts the same as a runner on 1B/2 outs. Also, you find consistent performance in this is rare, much like "clutch hitting". I would say it is mostly good fortune. A good stat might be to take runs scored and divide it by "expected runs" So if a reliever comes into 10 games in situations where the opponent's "expected runs" is 13.5, and allows 8, his number would be 8/13.5, or .593...anything under 1 would be better than expected, I guess. Heck, maybe it's done, and just not getting any publicity. I