2008 AL Earned Run Average by Team

The Toronto Blue Jays led the AL in earned run average in 2008, with 3.49, 0.33 ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays. The average across 14 AL teams is 4.36.

Led the AL in 2008 Toronto Blue Jays 162 games

3.49 Earned Run Average 0.33 clear of Tampa Bay Rays

#	Team	G	ERA
1	Toronto Blue Jays	162	3.49
2	Tampa Bay Rays	162	3.82
3	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	4.00
4	Boston Red Sox	162	4.01
4	Oakland Athletics	161	4.01
6	Chicago White Sox	163	4.11
7	Minnesota Twins	163	4.18
8	New York Yankees	162	4.28
	AL average		4.36
9	Cleveland Indians	162	4.46
10	Kansas City Royals	162	4.50
11	Seattle Mariners	162	4.73
12	Detroit Tigers	162	4.91
13	Baltimore Orioles	161	5.15
14	Texas Rangers	162	5.37

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.