League Leaders Daily Quiz

1923 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in earned run average in 1923, with 3.21, 0.16 ahead of the Kansas City Monarchs. The average across 30 MLB teams is 4.13.

Led all of MLB in 1923 Cincinnati Reds 154 games
3.21 Earned Run Average 0.16 clear of Kansas City Monarchs
# Team League G ERA
1 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 3.21
2 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 95 3.37
3 Hilldale Club ECL 55 3.38
4 New York Lincoln Giants ECL 37 3.56
5 New York Yankees AL 152 3.62
6 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ECL 46 3.64
7 Chicago American Giants NNL 71 3.68
8 Brooklyn Robins NL 155 3.74
9 Cuban Stars East ECL 41 3.79
10 Chicago Cubs NL 154 3.82
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 3.87
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 3.87
13 New York Giants NL 153 3.90
14 Cleveland Indians AL 153 3.91
15 St. Louis Browns AL 154 3.93
16 Washington Senators AL 155 3.98
17 Brooklyn Royal Giants ECL 36 4.01
18 Chicago White Sox AL 156 4.05
19 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 4.08
20 Detroit Tigers AL 155 4.09
MLB average 4.13
21 Boston Red Sox AL 154 4.20
21 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 78 4.20
23 Boston Braves NL 155 4.21
24 Cuban Stars West NNL 57 4.26
25 Detroit Stars NNL 67 4.36
26 Baltimore Black Sox ECL 51 5.15
27 Milwaukee Bears NNL 53 5.17
28 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 5.34
29 St. Louis Stars NNL 72 5.59
30 Toledo Tigers NNL 27 6.03

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.