Daily quiz

1991 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 1991, with 3.07, 0.37 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 12 NL teams is 3.69.

Led the NL in 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 games
3.07 Earned Run Average 0.37 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 3.07
2 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 3.44
3 Atlanta Braves 162 3.49
4 New York Mets 161 3.56
5 San Diego Padres 162 3.58
6 Montreal Expos 161 3.64
NL average 3.69
7 St. Louis Cardinals 162 3.69
8 Cincinnati Reds 162 3.83
9 Philadelphia Phillies 162 3.86
10 Houston Astros 162 4.00
11 San Francisco Giants 162 4.03
12 Chicago Cubs 160 4.05

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.