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1907 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in earned run average in 1907, with 1.73, 0.49 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2.51.

Led all of MLB in 1907 Chicago Cubs 155 games
1.73 Earned Run Average 0.49 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team League G ERA
1 Chicago Cubs NL 155 1.73
2 Chicago White Sox AL 157 2.22
3 Cleveland Naps AL 158 2.26
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 2.30
5 Detroit Tigers AL 153 2.33
6 Philadelphia Athletics AL 150 2.35
7 Brooklyn Superbas NL 153 2.38
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 2.41
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 149 2.43
10 Boston Americans AL 155 2.45
10 New York Giants NL 155 2.45
MLB average 2.51
12 St. Louis Browns AL 155 2.61
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 2.70
14 New York Highlanders AL 152 3.03
15 Washington Senators AL 154 3.11
16 Boston Doves NL 152 3.33

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.