1948 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The Baltimore Elite Giants led all of MLB in earned run average in 1948, with 2.73, 0.31 ahead of the Newark Eagles. The average across 28 MLB teams is 4.30.

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	73	2.73
2	Newark Eagles	NN2	57	3.04
3	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	3.22
4	Boston Braves	NL	154	3.38
5	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	78	3.68
6	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	3.69
7	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	3.75
7	New York Yankees	AL	154	3.75
9	New York Cubans	NN2	45	3.76
10	Homestead Grays	NN2	62	3.89
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	3.91
12	New York Giants	NL	155	3.93
13	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	80	3.94
14	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	4.00
15	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	4.08
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	4.15
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	4.15
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	4.20
	MLB average			4.30
19	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	4.43
20	Cincinnati Reds	NL	153	4.47
21	Washington Senators	AL	154	4.65
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	4.89
23	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	5.01
24	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	87	5.11
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	5.46
26	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	76	5.57
27	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	91	6.59
28	Chicago American Giants	NAL	78	6.90

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.