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earned run
[ urnd ruhn ]
noun
, Baseball.
- a run yielded by and charged to a pitcher in which no error, interference, or other misplay by any player was involved. : ER
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Word History and Origins
Origin of earned run1
An Americanism first recorded in 1875–80
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