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earned run

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earned run

 
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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.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism
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earned run   (ûrnd)
n.   Baseball
A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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