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1950 AL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Cleveland Indians led the AL in earned run average in 1950, with 3.74, 0.38 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 8 AL teams is 4.58.

Led the AL in 1950 Cleveland Indians 155 games
3.74 Earned Run Average 0.38 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team G ERA
1 Cleveland Indians 155 3.74
2 Detroit Tigers 157 4.12
3 New York Yankees 155 4.15
4 Chicago White Sox 156 4.41
AL average 4.58
5 Washington Senators 155 4.66
6 Boston Red Sox 154 4.88
7 St. Louis Browns 154 5.20
8 Philadelphia Athletics 154 5.49

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.