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earned run averages

earned run averages is the plural of earned run average.

Meaning of earned run average

Noun

earned run average (plural earned run averages)

  1. A statistic in baseball which equals the number of earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched.
    • 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.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
    Synonyms:
    ERA

Questions about earned run averages

What is earned run averages the plural of?
Earned run averages is the plural of earned run average.

Words near earned run averages in the dictionary

  1. earned one's stripes
  2. earned one's wings
  3. earned out
  4. earned run
  5. earned run average
  6. earned run averages
  7. earned runs
  8. earner
  9. earners
  10. earnest
  11. earnest money

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