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1931 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The New York Giants led all of MLB in earned run average in 1931, with 3.30, 0.06 ahead of the St. Louis Stars. The average across 22 MLB teams is 4.16.

Led all of MLB in 1931 New York Giants 153 games
3.30 Earned Run Average 0.06 clear of St. Louis Stars
# Team League G ERA
1 New York Giants NL 153 3.30
2 St. Louis Stars NNL 56 3.36
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 3.45
4 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 3.47
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 3.66
6 Washington Senators AL 156 3.76
7 Brooklyn Robins NL 153 3.84
8 Boston Braves NL 156 3.90
9 Chicago Cubs NL 156 3.97
MLB average 4.16
10 New York Yankees AL 155 4.21
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 4.22
12 Detroit Stars NNL 55 4.27
13 Cleveland Cubs NNL 44 4.31
13 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 59 4.31
15 Louisville White Sox NNL 52 4.55
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 4.58
17 Detroit Tigers AL 154 4.59
18 Boston Red Sox AL 153 4.60
19 Cleveland Indians AL 155 4.63
20 St. Louis Browns AL 154 4.76
21 Chicago Columbia Giants NNL 26 4.78
22 Chicago White Sox AL 156 5.04

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.