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1965 MLB 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 all of MLB in earned run average in 1965, with 2.81, 0.17 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 20 MLB teams is 3.50.

Led all of MLB in 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 games
2.81 Earned Run Average 0.17 clear of Baltimore Orioles
# Team League G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 2.81
2 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 2.98
3 Chicago White Sox AL 162 2.99
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 3.01
5 Minnesota Twins AL 162 3.14
6 California Angels AL 162 3.17
7 San Francisco Giants NL 163 3.20
8 New York Yankees AL 162 3.28
9 Cleveland Indians AL 162 3.30
10 Detroit Tigers AL 162 3.35
MLB average 3.50
11 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 3.52
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 3.53
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 3.77
14 Chicago Cubs NL 164 3.78
15 Houston Astros NL 162 3.84
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 3.88
17 Washington Senators AL 162 3.93
18 New York Mets NL 164 4.06
19 Boston Red Sox AL 162 4.24
19 Kansas City Athletics AL 162 4.24

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.