League Leaders Daily Quiz

1940 NN2 Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Homestead Grays led the NN2 in earned run average in 1940, with 4.35, 0.77 ahead of the Baltimore Elite Giants. The average across 6 NN2 teams is 5.36.

Led the NN2 in 1940 Homestead Grays 41 games
4.35 Earned Run Average 0.77 clear of Baltimore Elite Giants
# Team G ERA
1 Homestead Grays 41 4.35
2 Baltimore Elite Giants 39 5.12
3 Philadelphia Stars 47 5.21
4 Newark Eagles 42 5.32
NN2 average 5.36
5 New York Cubans 29 5.39
6 New York Black Yankees 28 6.75

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.