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1969 AL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Baltimore Orioles led the AL in earned run average in 1969, with 2.83, 0.40 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 12 AL teams is 3.63.

Led the AL in 1969 Baltimore Orioles 162 games
2.83 Earned Run Average 0.40 clear of New York Yankees
# Team G ERA
1 Baltimore Orioles 162 2.83
2 New York Yankees 162 3.23
3 Minnesota Twins 162 3.25
4 Detroit Tigers 162 3.32
5 Washington Senators 162 3.49
6 California Angels 163 3.55
AL average 3.63
7 Kansas City Royals 163 3.72
8 Oakland Athletics 162 3.73
9 Boston Red Sox 162 3.93
10 Cleveland Indians 161 3.94
11 Chicago White Sox 162 4.21
12 Seattle Pilots 163 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.