earned run
noun
: a run in baseball that scores without benefit of an error before the fielding team has had a chance to make the third putout of the inning
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But in 1972, Wood started 25 games on only two days’ rest, winning 12 and permitting fewer than two earned runs per game.
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Joe Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The 31-year-old allowed a career-high 33 earned runs and posted a career-worst 85 ERA+ this past season.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The 16th and ultimately final postseason performance of his career came in what turned out to be the longest game in World Series history; Porcello allowed one earned run over the first 4.2 innings of a Game 3 that went to the bottom of the 18th before the Dodgers won 3-2.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
The 27-year-old pitched a total of 7⅔ major league innings, giving up one earned run with no walks and striking out seven.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
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Joe Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The 31-year-old allowed a career-high 33 earned runs and posted a career-worst 85 ERA+ this past season.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The 16th and ultimately final postseason performance of his career came in what turned out to be the longest game in World Series history; Porcello allowed one earned run over the first 4.2 innings of a Game 3 that went to the bottom of the 18th before the Dodgers won 3-2.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
The 27-year-old pitched a total of 7⅔ major league innings, giving up one earned run with no walks and striking out seven.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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