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2020 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers led all of MLB in earned run average in 2020, with 3.02, 0.27 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 30 MLB teams is 4.46.

Led all of MLB in 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers 60 games
3.02 Earned Run Average 0.27 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 60 3.02
2 Cleveland Indians AL 60 3.29
3 Tampa Bay Rays AL 60 3.56
4 Minnesota Twins AL 60 3.58
5 Oakland Athletics AL 60 3.77
6 Chicago White Sox AL 60 3.81
7 San Diego Padres NL 60 3.87
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 60 3.89
9 St. Louis Cardinals NL 58 3.92
10 Chicago Cubs NL 60 3.99
11 Milwaukee Brewers NL 60 4.18
12 Kansas City Royals AL 60 4.30
13 Houston Astros AL 60 4.31
14 New York Yankees AL 60 4.35
MLB average 4.46
15 Atlanta Braves NL 60 4.46
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 60 4.51
17 Toronto Blue Jays AL 60 4.63
18 San Francisco Giants NL 60 4.64
19 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 60 4.68
20 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 60 4.84
21 Miami Marlins NL 60 4.86
22 New York Mets NL 60 5.01
23 Texas Rangers AL 60 5.02
24 Seattle Mariners AL 60 5.03
25 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 60 5.09
25 Washington Nationals NL 60 5.09
27 Philadelphia Phillies NL 60 5.20
28 Boston Red Sox AL 60 5.58
29 Colorado Rockies NL 60 5.59
30 Detroit Tigers AL 58 5.63

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.