1961 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in earned run average in 1961, with 3.22, 0.24 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 18 MLB teams is 4.03.

Led all of MLB in 1961 Baltimore Orioles 163 games

3.22 Earned Run Average 0.24 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	3.22
2	New York Yankees	AL	163	3.46
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	3.55
4	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	3.74
5	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	3.77
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	3.78
7	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	3.89
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	3.92
	MLB average			4.03
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	4.04
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	4.06
11	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	4.15
12	Washington Senators	AL	161	4.23
13	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	4.28
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	4.29
15	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	4.31
16	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	4.48
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	4.61
18	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	4.74

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.