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earned run

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun earned run has 1 sense
  1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
    --1 is a kind of
    run, tally
    Antonyms: unearned run

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Earned Run


Definition:

A statistic in baseball that measures the number of runs that a pitcher allows that are solely due to the opposing team's offensive performance, excluding those that result from fielding errors or baserunning errors.

Sample Sentences:

  1. The pitcher gave up four earned runs in the game.
  2. His earned run average (ERA) was affected by a high number of unearned runs.
  3. The team's victory was overshadowed by the pitcher's large number of earned runs.

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