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1975 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 1975, with 2.92, 0.10 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 24 MLB teams is 3.71.

Led all of MLB in 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 games
2.92 Earned Run Average 0.10 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team League G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 2.92
2 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 3.02
3 Baltimore Orioles AL 159 3.17
4 New York Yankees AL 160 3.29
4 Oakland Athletics AL 162 3.29
6 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 3.37
7 New York Mets NL 162 3.39
8 Kansas City Royals AL 162 3.49
9 San Diego Padres NL 162 3.51
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 3.58
MLB average 3.71
11 Montreal Expos NL 162 3.73
12 San Francisco Giants NL 161 3.74
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 3.82
14 Cleveland Indians AL 159 3.84
15 California Angels AL 161 3.89
16 Texas Rangers AL 162 3.90
17 Atlanta Braves NL 161 3.93
17 Chicago White Sox AL 161 3.93
19 Boston Red Sox AL 160 3.99
20 Houston Astros NL 162 4.05
21 Minnesota Twins AL 159 4.07
22 Detroit Tigers AL 159 4.29
23 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 4.34
24 Chicago Cubs NL 162 4.56

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.