EARNED RUN AVERAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does earned run average mean? 

• EARNED RUN AVERAGE (noun)
  The noun EARNED RUN AVERAGE has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

  Familiarity information: EARNED RUN AVERAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EARNED RUN AVERAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

earned run average; ERA

Hypernyms ("earned run average" is a kind of...):

criterion; measure; standard; touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)