1946 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in earned run average in 1946, with 3.01, 0.02 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 28 MLB teams is 3.89.

Led all of MLB in 1946 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games

3.01 Earned Run Average 0.02 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	3.01
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	3.03
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	3.08
4	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	3.10
5	New York Yankees	AL	154	3.13
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	3.22
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	3.24
8	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	67	3.26
9	Newark Eagles	NN2	64	3.31
10	Boston Braves	NL	154	3.37
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	3.38
12	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	3.42
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	3.62
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	3.72
15	Washington Senators	AL	155	3.74
	MLB average			3.89
16	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	3.90
17	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	69	3.92
17	New York Giants	NL	154	3.92
19	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	3.95
20	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	58	3.96
20	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	3.96
22	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	4.34
23	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	56	4.45
24	New York Cubans	NN2	50	4.47
25	Homestead Grays	NN2	58	4.49
26	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	5.45
27	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	5.87
28	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	6.51

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.