League Leaders Daily Quiz

1960 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers led the NL in earned run average in 1960, with 3.40, 0.04 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.76.

Led the NL in 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers 154 games
3.40 Earned Run Average 0.04 clear of San Francisco Giants
# Team G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 154 3.40
2 San Francisco Giants 156 3.44
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 3.49
4 St. Louis Cardinals 155 3.64
5 Milwaukee Braves 154 3.76
NL average 3.76
6 Cincinnati Reds 154 4.00
7 Philadelphia Phillies 154 4.01
8 Chicago Cubs 156 4.35

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.