1983 MLB Earned Run Average by Team

The Los Angeles Dodgers led all of MLB in earned run average in 1983, with 3.11, 0.20 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 3.87.

Led all of MLB in 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers 163 games

3.11 Earned Run Average 0.20 clear of Texas Rangers

#	Team	League	G	ERA
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	163	3.11
2	Texas Rangers	AL	163	3.31
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	3.35
4	Houston Astros	NL	162	3.45
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	3.55
6	Montreal Expos	NL	163	3.59
7	San Diego Padres	NL	163	3.62
8	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	3.64
9	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	3.67
10	New York Mets	NL	162	3.68
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	3.69
12	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	3.73
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	3.82
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	3.83
	MLB average			3.87
15	New York Yankees	AL	162	3.89
16	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	4.01
17	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	4.02
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	4.08
19	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	4.12
20	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	4.19
21	Kansas City Royals	AL	163	4.26
22	California Angels	AL	162	4.32
23	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	4.34
24	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	4.35
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	4.43
26	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	4.67

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.