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1912 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The New York Giants led the NL in earned run average in 1912, with 2.58, 0.27 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.40.

Led the NL in 1912 New York Giants 154 games
2.58 Earned Run Average 0.27 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team G ERA
1 New York Giants 154 2.58
2 Pittsburgh Pirates 152 2.85
3 Philadelphia Phillies 152 3.25
NL average 3.40
4 Chicago Cubs 152 3.42
4 Cincinnati Reds 155 3.42
6 Brooklyn Dodgers 153 3.64
7 St. Louis Cardinals 153 3.85
8 Boston Braves 155 4.15

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.