1944 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in earned run average in 1944, with 2.67, 0.05 ahead of the Memphis Red Sox. The average across 28 MLB teams is 3.73.

Led all of MLB in 1944 St. Louis Cardinals 157 games

2.67 Earned Run Average 0.05 clear of Memphis Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	2.67
2	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	99	2.72
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	2.97
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	3.09
5	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	3.17
6	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	71	3.26
6	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	3.26
8	New York Yankees	AL	154	3.39
9	Chicago American Giants	NAL	74	3.44
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	158	3.44
11	Washington Senators	AL	154	3.49
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	3.58
13	Chicago Cubs	NL	157	3.59
13	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	77	3.59
15	Philadelphia Blue Jays	NL	154	3.64
16	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	74	3.65
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	3.65
18	Boston Braves	NL	155	3.67
19	New York Cubans	NN2	38	3.71
	MLB average			3.73
20	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	83	3.75
21	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	44	3.79
22	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	3.82
23	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	49	4.06
24	Homestead Grays	NN2	43	4.23
25	New York Giants	NL	155	4.29
26	Newark Eagles	NN2	46	4.44
27	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	4.68
28	New York Black Yankees	NN2	32	7.40

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.