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1950 NL Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Philadelphia Phillies led the NL in earned run average in 1950, with 3.50, 0.21 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 8 NL teams is 4.15.

Led the NL in 1950 Philadelphia Phillies 157 games
3.50 Earned Run Average 0.21 clear of New York Giants
# Team G ERA
1 Philadelphia Phillies 157 3.50
2 New York Giants 154 3.71
3 St. Louis Cardinals 153 3.97
4 Boston Braves 156 4.14
NL average 4.15
5 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 4.28
5 Chicago Cubs 154 4.28
7 Cincinnati Reds 153 4.32
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 4.96

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.