1942 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in earned run average in 1942, with 2.55, 0.22 ahead of the Kansas City Monarchs. The average across 28 MLB teams is 3.77.

Led all of MLB in 1942 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games

2.55 Earned Run Average 0.22 clear of Kansas City Monarchs

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	2.55
2	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	2.77
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	2.82
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	2.84
5	New York Yankees	AL	154	2.91
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	3.13
7	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	3.22
8	New York Giants	NL	154	3.31
9	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	3.44
10	Homestead Grays	NN2	34	3.47
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	148	3.58
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	151	3.58
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	3.59
13	St. Louis Browns	AL	151	3.59
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	3.60
16	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	38	3.62
17	Newark Eagles	NN2	35	3.71
18	Boston Braves	NL	150	3.76
	MLB average			3.77
19	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	41	3.85
20	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	62	4.08
21	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	4.12
22	Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	65	4.43
23	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	4.45
24	Washington Senators	AL	151	4.58
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	28	4.71
26	New York Cubans	NN2	22	5.23
27	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	37	5.29
28	Chicago American Giants	NAL	44	5.39

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.