Base on Balls & Earned/Unearned Runs

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Okay, I've been scoring games for years and for some reason I have always assumed that I knew the answer to this question. A situation occurred this weekend that created a discussion about whether a runner on base via a base on balls could score a earned run. I know that the official rules have some pretty illogical things in them so stranger things have happened.

I've read and re-read 10.16 of OBR and it seems to me that it states that walks (base on balls) do contribute to earned runs but in further discussions with the same gentlemen, they still insist that the rules indicate that runners that were "walked" do not score earned runs but rather unearned runs.

Someone that knows for sure, please answer. There has to be a clear rule, or ERA's would be constantly messed up. Please support your answers with rules or interpretations of the rules.

Thanks,

9/11/079:33 AM

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