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1933 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 1933, with 2.71, 0.22 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 24 MLB teams is 4.03.

Led all of MLB in 1933 New York Giants 156 games
2.71 Earned Run Average 0.22 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team League G ERA
1 New York Giants NL 156 2.71
2 Chicago Cubs NL 154 2.93
3 Boston Braves NL 156 2.96
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 3.27
5 Nashville Elite Giants NN2 39 3.29
6 Homestead Grays NN2 17 3.33
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 3.37
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 3.42
9 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 55 3.68
10 Cleveland Indians AL 151 3.71
11 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 3.73
12 Washington Senators AL 153 3.82
13 Detroit Tigers AL 155 3.96
MLB average 4.03
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 4.34
15 Boston Red Sox AL 149 4.35
16 New York Yankees AL 152 4.36
17 Chicago American Giants NN2 53 4.41
18 Chicago White Sox AL 151 4.45
19 Philadelphia Athletics AL 152 4.81
20 St. Louis Browns AL 153 4.82
21 Baltimore Sox NN2 30 5.07
22 Columbus Blue Birds NN2 40 5.11
23 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants NN2 11 5.23
24 Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars NN2 41 5.54

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.