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era

[eer-uh, er-uh] / ˈɪər ə, ˈɛr ə /


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Pitcher, Julian Garcia, St. John Bosco, Sr.: The Long Beach State commit threw a one-hit shutout with 14 strikeouts in the Southern Section Division 1 final and finished 9-1 with a 0.80 ERA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Utility, Lily Hauser, Murrieta Mesa Sr.: The Arizona commit batted .542 with 52 hits and was 17-0 as a pitcher with a 0.25 ERA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Misiorowski allowed just one run and 14 hits over 38 ⅓ innings in the month of May, lowering his ERA for the season to 1.65.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Misiorowski learned that lesson the hard way as a rookie last season, when poor command led to a stretch where he posted a 5.48 ERA over 11 starts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

At the end of the season, The Milwaukee Journal published the averages of all Major League players, and since this pitcher hadn’t played again, his ERA was 135, as I had calculated.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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