1884 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Earned runs allowed per nine innings

The Providence Grays led all of MLB in earned run average in 1884, with 1.61, 0.34 ahead of the St. Louis Maroons. The average across 33 MLB teams is 3.19.

Season

League

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB CG L BB W-L%

Led all of MLB in 1884 Providence Grays 114 games

1.61 Earned Run Average 0.34 clear of St. Louis Maroons

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	Providence Grays	NL	114	1.61
2	St. Louis Maroons	UA	113	1.95
3	Louisville Eclipse	AA	110	2.17
4	Milwaukee Brewers	UA	12	2.25
5	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	UA	103	2.38
6	New York Metropolitans	AA	112	2.46
7	Boston Beaneaters	NL	116	2.47
8	St. Louis Browns	AA	110	2.67
9	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	110	2.68
10	Boston Reds	UA	109	2.70
11	Baltimore Orioles	AA	108	2.71
12	Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)	UA	92	2.72
13	Buffalo Bisons	NL	114	2.95
14	Baltimore Monumentals	UA	105	3.01
15	Chicago White Stockings	NL	112	3.03
16	Wilmington Quicksteps	UA	17	3.04
17	Toledo Blue Stockings	AA	109	3.06
18	New York Gothams	NL	116	3.12
19	St. Paul White Caps	UA	9	3.17
	MLB average			3.19
20	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	112	3.33
21	Detroit Wolverines	NL	114	3.38
22	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	108	3.41
23	Cleveland Blues	NL	113	3.43
23	Washington Nationals	UA	112	3.43
25	Brooklyn Atlantics	AA	109	3.79
26	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	113	3.93
27	Washington Nationals	AA	63	4.00
28	Kansas City Cowboys	UA	82	4.05
29	Indianapolis Hoosiers	AA	110	4.21
30	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	110	4.35
31	Richmond Virginians	AA	45	4.52
32	Philadelphia Keystones	UA	67	4.61
33	Altoona Mountain City	UA	25	4.67

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.