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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Toronto relievers allowed 17 earned runs across the series’ first two contests.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Severino leads the Major Leagues in hits and earned runs allowed.
Springs, 32, is 9-7 with a 4.13 ERA.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
Cy Young Contender Clase, whose 0.61 earned run average in 2024 earned him a third-place finish in the American League’s Cy Young Award voting, has led the league in saves three years in a row.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Lázaro Estrada, 26, made his first big-league start earlier this month, allowing two hits and one earned run in four rock-solid innings against the Los Angeles Angels.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Severino leads the Major Leagues in hits and earned runs allowed.
Springs, 32, is 9-7 with a 4.13 ERA.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
Cy Young Contender Clase, whose 0.61 earned run average in 2024 earned him a third-place finish in the American League’s Cy Young Award voting, has led the league in saves three years in a row.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Lázaro Estrada, 26, made his first big-league start earlier this month, allowing two hits and one earned run in four rock-solid innings against the Los Angeles Angels.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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“Earned run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earned%20run. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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