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2021 AL Earned Run Average by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Earned runs allowed per nine innings

The Tampa Bay Rays led the AL in earned run average in 2021, with 3.67, 0.06 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 15 AL teams is 4.33.

Led the AL in 2021 Tampa Bay Rays 162 games
3.67 Earned Run Average 0.06 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team G ERA
1 Tampa Bay Rays 162 3.67
2 Chicago White Sox 162 3.73
3 New York Yankees 162 3.76
4 Houston Astros 162 3.80
5 Toronto Blue Jays 162 3.91
6 Oakland Athletics 162 4.02
7 Boston Red Sox 162 4.27
8 Seattle Mariners 162 4.30
9 Detroit Tigers 162 4.32
AL average 4.33
10 Cleveland Indians 162 4.34
11 Kansas City Royals 162 4.64
12 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 162 4.69
13 Texas Rangers 162 4.80
14 Minnesota Twins 162 4.83
15 Baltimore Orioles 162 5.85

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.