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1964 NL 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 the NL in earned run average in 1964, with 2.95, 0.12 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 10 NL teams is 3.54.

Led the NL in 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers 164 games
2.95 Earned Run Average 0.12 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 164 2.95
2 Cincinnati Reds 163 3.07
3 San Francisco Giants 162 3.19
4 Philadelphia Phillies 162 3.36
5 Houston Colt .45's 162 3.41
6 St. Louis Cardinals 162 3.43
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 3.52
NL average 3.54
8 Chicago Cubs 162 4.08
9 Milwaukee Braves 162 4.12
10 New York Mets 163 4.25

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.