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1946 AL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Chicago White Sox led the AL in earned run average in 1946, with 3.10, 0.03 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.51.

Led the AL in 1946 Chicago White Sox 155 games
3.10 Earned Run Average 0.03 clear of New York Yankees
# Team G ERA
1 Chicago White Sox 155 3.10
2 New York Yankees 154 3.13
3 Detroit Tigers 155 3.22
4 Boston Red Sox 156 3.38
AL average 3.51
5 Cleveland Indians 156 3.62
6 Washington Senators 155 3.74
7 Philadelphia Athletics 155 3.90
8 St. Louis Browns 156 3.95

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.