League Leaders Daily Quiz

1952 MLB 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 all of MLB in earned run average in 1952, with 3.07, 0.07 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.70.

Led all of MLB in 1952 Philadelphia Phillies 154 games
3.07 Earned Run Average 0.07 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G ERA
1 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 3.07
2 New York Yankees AL 154 3.14
3 Chicago White Sox AL 156 3.25
4 Cleveland Indians AL 155 3.32
5 Washington Senators AL 157 3.37
6 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 3.53
7 Chicago Cubs NL 155 3.58
8 New York Giants NL 154 3.59
9 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 3.66
MLB average 3.70
10 Boston Braves NL 155 3.78
11 Boston Red Sox AL 154 3.80
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 4.01
13 St. Louis Browns AL 155 4.12
14 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 4.15
15 Detroit Tigers AL 156 4.25
16 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 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.