earned run average

English

Noun

earned run average (plural earned run averages)

1. (baseball) A statistic in baseball which equals the number of earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched.
   • 1992 October, Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, in Sport, volume 83, number 10, →ISSN, page 63:

     We can give you passing yardage if you want to talk quarterbacks, or earned-run average if you want to talk pitchers, or goals and assists if you want to talk hockey players, but, alas, professional football linemen, especially on the offensive side of the table, are not easily statisticized.

Synonyms

• ERA (abbreviation)

Related terms

• earned run
• earned runs