1874 MLB Earned Run Average by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Earned runs allowed per nine innings
The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in earned run average in 1874, with 1.64, 0.26 ahead of the New York Mutuals. The average across 8 MLB teams is 2.22.
Led all of MLB in 1874
Philadelphia Athletics
55 games
1.64
Earned Run Average
0.26 clear of New York Mutuals
| # | Team | League | G | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 55 | 1.64 |
| 2 | New York Mutuals | NA | 65 | 1.90 |
| 3 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 71 | 1.93 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Whites | NA | 58 | 1.93 |
| 5 | Brooklyn Atlantics | NA | 56 | 2.06 |
| MLB average | 2.22 | |||
| 6 | Hartford Dark Blues | NA | 53 | 2.53 |
| 7 | Chicago White Stockings | NA | 59 | 2.65 |
| 8 | Baltimore Canaries | NA | 47 | 3.13 |
A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.