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2003 AL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Oakland Athletics led the AL in earned run average in 2003, with 3.63, 0.13 ahead of the Seattle Mariners. The average across 14 AL teams is 4.53.

Led the AL in 2003 Oakland Athletics 162 games
3.63 Earned Run Average 0.13 clear of Seattle Mariners
# Team G ERA
1 Oakland Athletics 162 3.63
2 Seattle Mariners 162 3.76
3 New York Yankees 163 4.03
4 Chicago White Sox 162 4.17
5 Cleveland Indians 162 4.21
6 Anaheim Angels 162 4.28
7 Minnesota Twins 162 4.41
8 Boston Red Sox 162 4.49
AL average 4.53
9 Toronto Blue Jays 162 4.69
10 Baltimore Orioles 163 4.76
11 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 162 4.93
12 Kansas City Royals 162 5.06
13 Detroit Tigers 162 5.32
14 Texas Rangers 162 5.69

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.