Baseball stats...whats good?

Baseball stats...whats good?
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The goal is to have an ERA as close to 0 as possible. Anything under 1 is fantastic, under 2 is great, under 3 is good, under 4 is acceptable, etc. A batting average over .300 is usually considered good.
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