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noun Baseball.
a run yielded by a pitcher in which no error by the pitcher or the pitcher's teammates and no passed ball by the catcher was involved.
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Origin of earned run
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Words nearby earned run
earmark, ear-minded, earmuff, earn, earned income, earned run, earned run average, earner, earnest, earnestly, earnest money
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How to use earned run in a sentence
Means has six straight starts in which he has allowed one earned run or fewer, the Orioles’ longest such streak since Hall of Famer Jim Palmer had eight consecutive outings in 1978.
Orioles end long skid in New York with 4-3 win in 11 innings|Nathan Ruiz|April 8, 2021|Washington Post