How is ERA figure if no outs are recorded in an inning for a pitcher?

I had a pitcher come into the game in the 3 inning. He never recored an after facing 3 batter. How would i figure his ERA. Lets say he had pitched 5 innings in a previous game.How is ERA figure if no outs are recorded in an inning for a pitcher?
The pitchers ERA would be figured using his total innings pitched, so if he pitched 5 innings in a previous game then you would just the number of runs scored to the total runs he already had given up and then divide by the total number of innings.


For that game where the pitcher did not record on out it would be inf. in the box score.How is ERA figure if no outs are recorded in an inning for a pitcher?
Total runs divided by total innings pitched multiplied by 9.





In fantasy, you have to hit xx amount of innings in a league. So say 1 guy has





0 outs 5 runs allowed





and the other has





9 Innings 1 run allowed.





Then the teams ERA is (6/9)*9 = 6.00 ERA
Its usually called 99.99 or infinite.





It has been done before by Todd Jones of the Tigers. He has been known to give up 3 or 4 runs without even recording an out. I'm not sure how it effects the ERA as opposed to fantasy sports, but I know it really hurts the ERA normally.





Also usually they will keep that ERA until they record another out.





Good luck!!
if he allows runs to score but record no outs, it really ballons the ERA. It can be staggering. Jeff Ridgeway had an ERA last year of 189 and a WHIP of 24.00 because of a couple such outings.
It's labaled Infinite. It most Fantasy Leagues Infinites are not counted as it is not an exact number.





This creates a conondrum as it's actually better for your fantasy team if a pitcher has an ';infinite'; outing since his stats won't count while in real life such an outing is worse than an outing with a recorded ERA.