earned run
Noun
Meaning
a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
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After Bryant’s opening-day debacle — the 10-1 loss to Fort Smith Sportsman — the team earned run average was 1.67.
Chadwick is credited with devising statistical measures such as batting average and earned run average (ERA).
Giving the Red Sox reason to be hopeful after a dismal season, Houck (3-0) surrendered his first earned run in three big league starts but thoroughly stifled baseball's most explosive offense.
Giving the Red Sox reason to be hopeful after a dismal season, Houck (3-0) surrendered his first earned run in three big league starts but thoroughly stifled baseball’s most explosive offense.
In other words, an unearned run is one run that would not have been scored without the aid of an error or a passed ball committed by the defense, and an earned run is simply one that is not unearned.
He is said to have created the statistics of batting average and earned run average (ERA).