League Leaders Daily Quiz

1920 AL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The New York Yankees led the AL in earned run average in 1920, with 3.32, 0.09 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.79.

Led the AL in 1920 New York Yankees 154 games
3.32 Earned Run Average 0.09 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G ERA
1 New York Yankees 154 3.32
2 Cleveland Indians 154 3.41
3 Chicago White Sox 154 3.59
AL average 3.79
4 Boston Red Sox 154 3.82
5 Philadelphia Athletics 156 3.93
6 St. Louis Browns 154 4.03
7 Detroit Tigers 155 4.04
8 Washington Senators 153 4.17

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.