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1958 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Milwaukee Braves led all of MLB in earned run average in 1958, with 3.21, 0.01 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.86.

Led all of MLB in 1958 Milwaukee Braves 154 games
3.21 Earned Run Average 0.01 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G ERA
1 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 3.21
2 New York Yankees AL 155 3.22
3 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 3.40
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 3.56
5 Detroit Tigers AL 154 3.59
6 Chicago White Sox AL 155 3.61
7 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 154 3.73
7 Cleveland Indians AL 153 3.73
MLB average 3.86
9 Boston Red Sox AL 155 3.92
10 San Francisco Giants NL 154 3.98
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 4.12
12 Kansas City Athletics AL 156 4.15
13 Chicago Cubs NL 154 4.22
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 4.32
15 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 154 4.47
16 Washington Senators AL 156 4.53

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.