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1943 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in earned run average in 1943, with 2.57, 0.49 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.38.

Led the NL in 1943 St. Louis Cardinals 157 games
2.57 Earned Run Average 0.49 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team G ERA
1 St. Louis Cardinals 157 2.57
2 Pittsburgh Pirates 157 3.06
3 Cincinnati Reds 155 3.13
4 Chicago Cubs 154 3.24
5 Boston Braves 153 3.25
NL average 3.38
6 Philadelphia Blue Jays 157 3.79
7 Brooklyn Dodgers 153 3.88
8 New York Giants 156 4.08

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.