Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1904 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1904 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1904 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Addie Joss 1.59 (1.5910) Cleveland Blues 1

Rube Waddell 1.62 (1.6214) Philadelphia Athletics 2

Doc White 1.78 (1.7763) Chicago White Sox 3

Jack Chesbro 1.82 (1.8211) New York Highlanders 4

Frank Owen 1.94 (1.9429) Chicago White Sox 5

Cy Young 1.97 (1.9658) Boston Americans 6

Jesse Tannehill 2.05 (2.0450) Boston Americans 7

Frank Smith 2.09 (2.0906) Chicago White Sox 8

Bill Bernhard 2.13 (2.1331) Cleveland Blues 9

Eddie Plank 2.17 (2.1660) Philadelphia Athletics 10

Harry Howell 2.19 (2.1924) St. Louis Browns 11

Bill Dinneen 2.20 (2.1986) Boston Americans 12

Norwood Gibson 2.21 (2.2088) Boston Americans 13

Earl Moore 2.25 (2.2533) Cleveland Blues 14

Fred Glade 2.27 (2.2734) St. Louis Browns 15

Roy Patterson 2.29 (2.2909) Chicago White Sox 16

George Mullin 2.40 (2.4010) Detroit Tigers 17

Red Donahue 2.40 (2.4043) Cleveland Blues 18

Ed Killian 2.44 (2.4422) Detroit Tigers 19

Jack Powell 2.44 (2.4441) New York Highlanders 20

Bill Donovan 2.46 (2.4573) Detroit Tigers 21

Weldon Henley 2.53 (2.5265) Philadelphia Athletics 22

Ed Siever 2.65 (2.6544) St. Louis Browns 23

Barney Pelty 2.84 (2.8405) St. Louis Browns 24

Chief Bender 2.87 (2.8723) Philadelphia Athletics 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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