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1932 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Monroe Monarchs led all of MLB in earned run average in 1932, with 2.66, 0.11 ahead of the Detroit Wolves. The average across 34 MLB teams is 4.34.

Led all of MLB in 1932 Monroe Monarchs 48 games
2.66 Earned Run Average 0.11 clear of Detroit Wolves
# Team League G ERA
1 Monroe Monarchs NSL 48 2.66
2 Detroit Wolves EWL 25 2.77
3 Chicago American Giants NSL 43 3.11
4 Homestead Grays EWL 29 3.31
5 Chicago Cubs NL 154 3.44
6 Montgomery Grey Sox NSL 47 3.51
7 Boston Braves NL 155 3.53
8 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 3.75
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 3.79
10 Little Rock Grays NSL 15 3.81
11 New York Giants NL 154 3.83
12 Nashville Elite Giants NSL 46 3.84
13 Memphis Red Sox NSL 50 3.93
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 3.97
15 New York Yankees AL 156 3.98
16 Indianapolis ABCs NSL 40 4.00
17 Pollock's Cuban Stars EWL 22 4.03
18 Cleveland Indians AL 153 4.12
19 Washington Senators AL 154 4.16
20 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 4.27
21 Hilldale Club EWL 27 4.29
22 Detroit Tigers AL 153 4.30
MLB average 4.34
23 Baltimore Black Sox EWL 40 4.44
24 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 4.45
25 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 4.47
26 Birmingham Black Barons NSL 19 4.62
27 Louisville Black Caps NSL 40 4.68
28 Chicago White Sox AL 152 4.82
28 Washington Pilots EWL 34 4.82
30 St. Louis Browns AL 154 5.01
31 Boston Red Sox AL 154 5.02
32 Cleveland Stars EWL 17 5.12
33 Atlanta Black Crackers NSL 22 7.18
34 Newark Browns EWL 4 10.36

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.