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EARNED RUN AVERAGE
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I. (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
Synonyms:
earned run average; ERA
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
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