1953 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in earned run average in 1953, with 3.20, 0.10 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 16 MLB teams is 4.14.

Led all of MLB in 1953 New York Yankees 151 games

3.20 Earned Run Average 0.10 clear of Milwaukee Braves

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	New York Yankees	AL	151	3.20
2	Milwaukee Braves	NL	157	3.30
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	3.41
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	153	3.59
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	3.64
6	Washington Senators	AL	152	3.66
7	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	3.77
8	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	4.10
	MLB average			4.14
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	4.23
10	New York Giants	NL	155	4.25
11	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	4.48
12	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	4.62
13	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	4.67
14	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	4.79
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	5.22
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	5.25

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.