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Earned Run

Definition: Earned Run

Earned Run

Noun

1. A run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Antonym: unearned run (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Earned run

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In baseball, an earned run is any run for which the pitcher is held accountable (i.e. the run did not score as a result of a fielding error or a passed ball). If a run is not earned, it is an unearned run. Even if a runner scores on a fielding error by the pitcher himself, it is an unearned run.

Earned runs are specially denoted because of their use in calculating a pitcher's earned run average.

In determining earned runs, the official scorer must reconstruct the inning as it would have occurred without the errors (which include catcher's interference) and passed balls, with the benefit of the doubt always being given to the pitcher in determining which bases would have been reached by errorless play.

See also: Baseball statistics

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Earned run."

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Crosswords: Earned Run

English words defined with "earned run": earned. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Earned Run

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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90

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20

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11

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8

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6

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6

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5

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4

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3

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3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Earned Run

Language Translations for "earned run"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

自責点 (an earned run), 防御率 (earned run average). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぼうぎょりつ (earned run average), じせきて" (an earned run). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earneday unray.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Earned Run

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-n-n-r-r-u"

-1 letter: underran, unearned.

-3 letters: darner, dearer, duenna, dunner, earned, earner, endear, endure, ennead, enured, errand, neared, nearer, reader, reared, redear, reearn, render, reread, runner, unread.

-4 letters: darer, denar, drear, durra, eared, ender, endue, enure, erred, nuder, ranee, rared, redan, reran, rerun, ruder, undee, under, urare.

-5 letters: dare, darn, dean, dear, deer, dene, dere, dree, dune, dura, dure, durn, durr, earn, erne, nard, near, need, nene, nerd, nude, nurd, rand, rare, read, rear, rede, reed, rend, rude, rued, ruer, rune, unde, urea.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-n-n-r-r-u"
 

+3 letters: undergarment, unrestrained.

 

+4 letters: undergarments, underreacting.

 

+5 letters: superhardening, unpreparedness, unrestrainedly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Earned Run


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 61 72 6E 65 64      52 75 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01100001 01110010 01101110 01100101 01100100 00100000 01010010 01110101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#97 &#114 &#110 &#101 &#100 &#32 &#82 &#117 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0061 0072 006E 0065 0064      0052 0075 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3967848071702528780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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