1908 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The Cleveland Naps led all of MLB in earned run average in 1908, with 2.02, 0.08 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2.37.

Led all of MLB in 1908 Cleveland Naps 157 games

2.02 Earned Run Average 0.08 clear of Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	Cleveland Naps	AL	157	2.02
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	2.10
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	2.12
4	Chicago Cubs	NL	158	2.14
4	New York Giants	NL	157	2.14
6	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	2.15
7	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	2.22
8	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	2.28
9	Washington Senators	AL	155	2.35
	MLB average			2.37
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	2.37
11	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	2.40
12	Brooklyn Superbas	NL	154	2.47
13	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	2.56
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	2.64
15	Boston Doves	NL	156	2.79
16	New York Highlanders	AL	155	3.16

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.