League Leaders Daily Quiz

1920 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Brooklyn Robins led the NL in earned run average in 1920, with 2.62, 0.18 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.14.

Led the NL in 1920 Brooklyn Robins 155 games
2.62 Earned Run Average 0.18 clear of New York Giants
# Team G ERA
1 Brooklyn Robins 155 2.62
2 New York Giants 155 2.80
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 2.89
4 Cincinnati Reds 154 2.90
NL average 3.14
5 Chicago Cubs 154 3.27
6 St. Louis Cardinals 155 3.43
7 Boston Braves 153 3.54
8 Philadelphia Phillies 153 3.63

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.