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1941 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Brooklyn Dodgers led the NL in earned run average in 1941, with 3.14, 0.03 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.64.

Led the NL in 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers 157 games
3.14 Earned Run Average 0.03 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team G ERA
1 Brooklyn Dodgers 157 3.14
2 Cincinnati Reds 154 3.17
3 St. Louis Cardinals 155 3.19
4 Pittsburgh Pirates 156 3.48
NL average 3.64
5 Chicago Cubs 155 3.72
6 New York Giants 156 3.94
7 Boston Braves 156 3.95
8 Philadelphia Phillies 155 4.50

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.