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1952 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Philadelphia Phillies led the NL in earned run average in 1952, with 3.07, 0.46 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.73.

Led the NL in 1952 Philadelphia Phillies 154 games
3.07 Earned Run Average 0.46 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G ERA
1 Philadelphia Phillies 154 3.07
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 3.53
3 Chicago Cubs 155 3.58
4 New York Giants 154 3.59
5 St. Louis Cardinals 154 3.66
NL average 3.73
6 Boston Braves 155 3.78
7 Cincinnati Reds 154 4.01
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 4.65

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.