# Run support

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**Run support** is a [baseball statistic](/source/Baseball_statistic) used to assess a [starting pitcher](/source/Starting_pitcher)'s support by the team's offense in actual runs scored. It measures how many [runs](/source/Run_(baseball)) were scored by his team on average when he [starts](/source/Games_started). It is considered a somewhat important statistic because a team (and its pitcher) earn [wins](/source/Win_(baseball)) by holding its opponents to fewer runs than it scores. Since a pitcher's skill is a large factor in how many runs the opponent scores and a non-factor in how many runs his team scores, this is a measure of whether the pitcher happened to pitch on days when his team scored a lot. There are two different measures of run support. These statistics may be adjusted for park and league factors.[1]

1. The number of runs scored per nine innings of opponent batting during the pitchers starts.[2]
1. The number of runs per start.[1]

## Notes

1. ["Run Support Index"](http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,821,34,0). Society For American Baseball Research. July 6, 2004.

1. ["SUP"](http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Run+Support+(baseball%3B+runs+scored+for+a+pitcher+per+9+innings)). *TheFreeDictionary*. Farlex, Inc. 2007.

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