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1895 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Baltimore Orioles led the NL in earned run average in 1895, with 3.80, 0.12 ahead of the Cleveland Spiders. The average across 12 NL teams is 4.78.

Led the NL in 1895 Baltimore Orioles 131 games
3.80 Earned Run Average 0.12 clear of Cleveland Spiders
# Team G ERA
1 Baltimore Orioles 131 3.80
2 Cleveland Spiders 132 3.92
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 134 4.10
4 Boston Beaneaters 133 4.25
5 New York Giants 132 4.51
6 Chicago Colts 133 4.67
NL average 4.78
7 Cincinnati Reds 132 4.81
8 Brooklyn Grooms 133 4.93
9 Washington Senators 133 5.26
10 Philadelphia Phillies 133 5.47
11 St. Louis Browns 136 5.73
12 Louisville Colonels 132 5.90

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.