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- noun Plural form of
ERA .
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Examples
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The ERAs are a bit closer in value than they look, since the Chicago pitchers have largely been working in a good home run park in the DH league.
SI.com 2010
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How could a player who could put up these kind of ERAs find his way to the Mets as a minor league free agent?
Mets Geek 2009
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The league's overall earned-run average dropped to 4.08 from 4.32 — it hasn't been that low since 1992 — and the number of pitchers who had ERAs below 3.00 jumped to 15 from 11 in 2009.
The Year of the Ace Matthew Futterman 2010
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David Cone, Roger Clemens and Mike Mussina all put up sub-3.20 ERAs.
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ERAs nose-dived in the 1960s, which would be consistent with fielders having better range due to the heightened reflexes that speed gives you.
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Recent history shows that pitchers who post artificially low ERAs in the regular season often fail to carry that success into October.
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But then in four of the next eight seasons, his staffs posted ERAs among the top three in the National League.
An Arm Whisperer Joins the Yankees Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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That's 0.87 run better than their average ERAs as starters. soon Rowers make their way along the Charles River.
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A low ERA in a period when fewer runs were scored is worth less than a low ERA during the steroid years, for instance, when offense dominated and ERAs were high.
Rivera's Greatness Not Limited to Saves Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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ERA May Be Deceiving How Kerry Wood compares to several pitchers who struggled in the playoffs after having solid regular-season ERAs but not as good Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) — which measures the variables that are most under a pitchers control.
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