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1984 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led the NL in earned run average in 1984, with 3.11, 0.06 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 12 NL teams is 3.59.

Led the NL in 1984 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games
3.11 Earned Run Average 0.06 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers
# Team G ERA
1 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 3.11
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 3.17
3 Montreal Expos 161 3.31
4 Houston Astros 162 3.33
5 San Diego Padres 162 3.48
6 Atlanta Braves 162 3.57
7 St. Louis Cardinals 162 3.58
NL average 3.59
8 Philadelphia Phillies 162 3.62
9 New York Mets 162 3.63
10 Chicago Cubs 161 3.75
11 Cincinnati Reds 162 4.16
12 San Francisco Giants 162 4.39

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.