1876 MLB Earned Run Average by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Earned runs allowed per nine innings
The St. Louis Brown Stockings led all of MLB in earned run average in 1876, with 1.22, 0.45 ahead of the Hartford Dark Blues. The average across 8 MLB teams is 2.33.
Led all of MLB in 1876
St. Louis Brown Stockings
64 games
1.22
Earned Run Average
0.45 clear of Hartford Dark Blues
| # | Team | League | G | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Brown Stockings | NL | 64 | 1.22 |
| 2 | Hartford Dark Blues | NL | 69 | 1.67 |
| 3 | Louisville Grays | NL | 69 | 1.69 |
| 4 |
 Chicago White Stockings
|
NL | 66 | 1.76 |
| MLB average | 2.33 | |||
| 5 |
 Boston Red Caps
|
NL | 70 | 2.51 |
| 6 | New York Mutuals | NL | 57 | 2.94 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Athletics | NL | 60 | 3.22 |
| 8 | Cincinnati Reds | NL | 65 | 3.62 |
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.