1875 MLB Earned Run Average by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Earned runs allowed per nine innings
The Hartford Dark Blues led all of MLB in earned run average in 1875, with 1.57, 0.06 ahead of the Chicago White Stockings. The average across 13 MLB teams is 2.38.
Led all of MLB in 1875
Hartford Dark Blues
86 games
1.57
Earned Run Average
0.06 clear of Chicago White Stockings
| # | Team | League | G | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartford Dark Blues | NA | 86 | 1.57 |
| 2 | Chicago White Stockings | NA | 69 | 1.63 |
| 3 | Keokuk Westerns | NA | 13 | 1.83 |
| 4 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 82 | 1.87 |
| 5 | St. Louis Brown Stockings | NA | 70 | 2.10 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Whites | NA | 70 | 2.12 |
| MLB average | 2.38 | |||
| 7 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 77 | 2.40 |
| 8 | New York Mutuals | NA | 71 | 2.46 |
| 9 | St. Louis Red Stockings | NA | 19 | 2.63 |
| 10 | New Haven Elm Citys | NA | 47 | 2.65 |
| 11 | Philadelphia Centennials | NA | 14 | 2.71 |
| 12 | Brooklyn Atlantics | NA | 44 | 3.16 |
| 13 | Washington Nationals | NA | 28 | 3.77 |
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.