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1936 AL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The New York Yankees led the AL in earned run average in 1936, with 4.17, 0.22 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 8 AL teams is 5.04.

Led the AL in 1936 New York Yankees 155 games
4.17 Earned Run Average 0.22 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team G ERA
1 New York Yankees 155 4.17
2 Boston Red Sox 155 4.39
3 Washington Senators 153 4.58
4 Cleveland Indians 157 4.83
5 Detroit Tigers 154 5.00
AL average 5.04
6 Chicago White Sox 153 5.06
7 Philadelphia Athletics 154 6.08
8 St. Louis Browns 155 6.24

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.