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2021 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 2021, with 3.03, 0.22 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 30 MLB teams is 4.27.

Led all of MLB in 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 games
3.03 Earned Run Average 0.22 clear of San Francisco Giants
# Team League G ERA
1 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 3.03
2 San Francisco Giants NL 162 3.25
3 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 3.50
4 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 3.67
5 Chicago White Sox AL 162 3.73
6 New York Yankees AL 162 3.76
7 Houston Astros AL 162 3.80
8 Atlanta Braves NL 161 3.89
9 New York Mets NL 162 3.90
10 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 3.91
11 Miami Marlins NL 162 3.96
12 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 4.00
13 Oakland Athletics AL 162 4.02
14 San Diego Padres NL 162 4.10
15 Boston Red Sox AL 162 4.27
MLB average 4.27
16 Seattle Mariners AL 162 4.30
17 Detroit Tigers AL 162 4.32
18 Cleveland Indians AL 162 4.34
19 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 4.39
20 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 4.41
21 Kansas City Royals AL 162 4.64
22 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 4.69
23 Texas Rangers AL 162 4.80
24 Washington Nationals NL 162 4.82
25 Colorado Rockies NL 161 4.83
25 Minnesota Twins AL 162 4.83
27 Chicago Cubs NL 162 4.88
28 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 5.08
29 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 5.15
30 Baltimore Orioles AL 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.