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1936 NL 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 the NL in earned run average in 1936, with 3.46, 0.08 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 8 NL teams is 4.02.

Led the NL in 1936 New York Giants 154 games
3.46 Earned Run Average 0.08 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team G ERA
1 New York Giants 154 3.46
2 Chicago Cubs 154 3.54
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 156 3.89
4 Boston Bees 157 3.94
5 Brooklyn Dodgers 156 3.98
NL average 4.02
6 Cincinnati Reds 154 4.22
7 St. Louis Cardinals 155 4.47
8 Philadelphia Phillies 154 4.64

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.