Meaning

1 senses
  1. A statistic in baseball which equals the number of earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched.

    (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

Forms

plural: earned run averages

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched:ERA

Word family

1 related words
Relatedearned run

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