1955 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in earned run average in 1955, with 3.23, 0.14 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 4.00.

Led all of MLB in 1955 New York Yankees 154 games

3.23 Earned Run Average 0.14 clear of Chicago White Sox

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	New York Yankees	AL	154	3.23
2	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	3.37
3	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	3.39
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	154	3.68
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	3.72
6	New York Giants	NL	154	3.77
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	3.79
8	Milwaukee Braves	NL	154	3.85
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	3.93
10	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	154	3.95
	MLB average			4.00
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	4.17
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	156	4.21
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	4.39
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	4.56
15	Washington Senators	AL	154	4.62
16	Kansas City Athletics	AL	155	5.35

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.