1979 AL Earned Run Average by Team

The Baltimore Orioles led the AL in earned run average in 1979, with 3.28, 0.57 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 14 AL teams is 4.23.

Led the AL in 1979 Baltimore Orioles 159 games

3.28 Earned Run Average 0.57 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	G	ERA
1	Baltimore Orioles	159	3.28
2	New York Yankees	160	3.85
3	Texas Rangers	162	3.86
4	Boston Red Sox	160	4.03
5	Milwaukee Brewers	161	4.04
6	Chicago White Sox	159	4.13
7	Minnesota Twins	162	4.16
	AL average		4.23
8	Detroit Tigers	160	4.28
9	California Angels	162	4.34
10	Kansas City Royals	162	4.46
11	Cleveland Indians	161	4.58
12	Seattle Mariners	162	4.61
13	Oakland Athletics	162	4.78
14	Toronto Blue Jays	162	4.85

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.