earned run
noun
: a run in baseball that scores without benefit of an error before the fielding team has had a chance to make the third putout of the inning
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Wagner, who just missed election last year with 73.8 per cent of the vote, had 242 saves and a 2.31 earned run average over 16 seasons divided among five different clubs.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
His first appearance was a memorable one, getting the victory over the Detroit Tigers after allowing six hits and one earned run with five strikeouts over five innings.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
The rookie right-hander held the Blue Jays scoreless through three before giving up a leadoff double to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and his first career earned run on a subsequent double by Alejandro Kirk.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2024
He’s already compiled a 212-97 record, glittering 2.50 earned run average, and won Cy Youngs in 2011, 2013, and 2014.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
His first appearance was a memorable one, getting the victory over the Detroit Tigers after allowing six hits and one earned run with five strikeouts over five innings.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
The rookie right-hander held the Blue Jays scoreless through three before giving up a leadoff double to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and his first career earned run on a subsequent double by Alejandro Kirk.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2024
He’s already compiled a 212-97 record, glittering 2.50 earned run average, and won Cy Youngs in 2011, 2013, and 2014.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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