1885 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The New York Giants led all of MLB in earned run average in 1885, with 1.72, 0.51 ahead of the Chicago White Stockings. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.04.

Led all of MLB in 1885 New York Giants 112 games

1.72 Earned Run Average 0.51 clear of Chicago White Stockings

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	New York Giants	NL	112	1.72
2	Chicago White Stockings	NL	113	2.23
3	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	111	2.39
4	St. Louis Browns	AA	112	2.44
5	Louisville Colonels	AA	112	2.68
6	Providence Grays	NL	110	2.71
7	Detroit Wolverines	NL	108	2.88
8	Pittsburg Alleghenys	AA	111	2.92
9	Boston Beaneaters	NL	113	3.03
	MLB average			3.04
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	113	3.23
11	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	112	3.26
12	St. Louis Maroons	NL	111	3.37
13	Brooklyn Grays	AA	112	3.46
14	Baltimore Orioles	AA	110	3.90
15	New York Metropolitans	AA	108	4.15
16	Buffalo Bisons	NL	112	4.29

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.