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Definition of Earned run
1. Noun. A run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team.
Definition of Earned run
1. Noun. (baseball) A run that was recorded without the benefit of an error. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earned Run
Literary usage of Earned run
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Athletics at Princeton: A History by James Hugh Moffatt, Frank Presbrey (1901)
"earned run>, P. 3. ... 3rd. ay, p. ebs er, If. Total, 5620 434^7 Total, Earned
Run«, P.5, I). 3. Left on Bases, P. 8,1>. 5. 3 Pase Hit, Harían ist base on ..."
2. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"When Howard Pollet was promoted from Houston during the 1941 season, his record
was twenty wins, three losses, and an earned run average of 1.09; ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"Diamond—The ground is so called on account of its shape. Double Play—A play in
which the ball is handled quickly enough to retire two men. earned run—When ..."
4. Outing (1893)
"... о о—о earned run—Yale. Home run—Spier. Stolen bases —Beall, Woodcock (2),
Payne, Trenchard. Hit by pitched ball—Gunster. First base on balls—Off Carter, ..."
5. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"A run made entirely without the aid of errors on the opposite side is called an "
earned run." Errors, base-hits, and earned runs are scored, ..."
6. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"earned run. A run made (earned) on good batting (base hits) as distinguished from
stolen bases. ERRORS. The misplays made by a baseball player. ..."
7. Typical Newspaper Stories by Harry Franklin Harrington (1915)
"One earned run in nineteen rounds, and yet he stands without a victory to his
credit, where he might have counted on both starts. ..."
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