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1913 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in earned run average in 1913, with 2.33, 0.09 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.07.

Led all of MLB in 1913 Chicago White Sox 153 games
2.33 Earned Run Average 0.09 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G ERA
1 Chicago White Sox AL 153 2.33
2 New York Giants NL 156 2.42
3 Cleveland Naps AL 155 2.54
4 Washington Senators AL 155 2.73
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 2.90
6 Boston Red Sox AL 151 2.94
7 St. Louis Browns AL 155 3.06
MLB average 3.07
8 Brooklyn Superbas NL 152 3.13
8 Chicago Cubs NL 155 3.13
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 159 3.15
11 Boston Braves NL 154 3.19
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 3.19
13 New York Yankees AL 153 3.27
14 Detroit Tigers AL 153 3.38
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 3.46
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 4.23

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.