1916 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The Brooklyn Robins led all of MLB in earned run average in 1916, with 2.12, 0.07 ahead of the Boston Braves. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2.72.

Led all of MLB in 1916 Brooklyn Robins 156 games

2.12 Earned Run Average 0.07 clear of Boston Braves

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	Brooklyn Robins	NL	156	2.12
2	Boston Braves	NL	158	2.19
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	2.36
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	2.36
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	2.48
6	St. Louis Browns	AL	158	2.58
7	New York Giants	NL	155	2.60
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	2.65
9	Washington Senators	AL	159	2.67
	MLB average			2.72
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	2.76
11	New York Yankees	AL	156	2.77
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	2.90
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	2.97
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	3.10
15	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	153	3.14
16	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	3.92

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.