2002 NL Earned Run Average by Team

The Atlanta Braves led the NL in earned run average in 2002, with 3.13, 0.42 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 16 NL teams is 4.12.

Led the NL in 2002 Atlanta Braves 161 games

3.13 Earned Run Average 0.42 clear of San Francisco Giants

#	Team	G	ERA
1	Atlanta Braves	161	3.13
2	San Francisco Giants	162	3.55
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	3.69
4	St. Louis Cardinals	162	3.70
5	New York Mets	161	3.91
6	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	3.93
7	Montreal Expos	162	3.98
8	Houston Astros	162	4.00
	NL average		4.12
9	Philadelphia Phillies	161	4.17
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	161	4.24
11	Cincinnati Reds	162	4.29
12	Chicago Cubs	162	4.31
13	Florida Marlins	162	4.36
14	San Diego Padres	162	4.65
15	Milwaukee Brewers	162	4.76
16	Colorado Rockies	162	5.21

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.