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1960 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers led all of MLB in earned run average in 1960, with 3.40, 0.04 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.82.

Led all of MLB in 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers 154 games
3.40 Earned Run Average 0.04 clear of San Francisco Giants
# Team League G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 154 3.40
2 San Francisco Giants NL 156 3.44
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 3.49
4 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 3.52
4 New York Yankees AL 155 3.52
6 Chicago White Sox AL 154 3.60
7 Detroit Tigers AL 154 3.64
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 3.64
9 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 3.76
10 Washington Senators AL 154 3.77
MLB average 3.82
11 Cleveland Indians AL 154 3.95
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 4.00
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 4.01
14 Chicago Cubs NL 156 4.35
15 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 4.38
16 Boston Red Sox AL 154 4.62

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.