Earned Run Average : 1906 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"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)
 

1906 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Doc White 1.52 (1.5182) Chicago White Sox 1
Barney Pelty 1.59 (1.5882) St. Louis Browns 2
Addie Joss 1.72 (1.7234) Cleveland Naps 3
Jack Powell 1.77 (1.7705) St. Louis Browns 4
Bob Rhoads 1.80 (1.8000) Cleveland Naps 5
Otto Hess 1.83 (1.8342) Cleveland Naps 6
Ed Walsh 1.88 (1.8755) Chicago White Sox 7
Nick Altrock 2.06 (2.0649) Chicago White Sox 8
Harry Howell 2.11 (2.1145) St. Louis Browns 9
Case Patten 2.17 (2.1651) Washington Senators 10
Rube Waddell 2.21 (2.2115) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Eddie Plank 2.25 (2.2535) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Frank Owen 2.33 (2.3345) Chicago White Sox 13
Al Orth 2.34 (2.3386) New York Highlanders 14
Fred Glade 2.36 (2.3625) St. Louis Browns 15
Beany Jacobson 2.50 (2.4968) St. Louis Browns 16
Jack Coombs 2.50 (2.4971) Philadelphia Athletics 17
Chief Bender 2.53 (2.5301) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Bill Bernhard 2.54 (2.5379) Cleveland Naps 19
Jimmy Dygert 2.70 (2.6958) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Ed Siever 2.71 (2.7081) Detroit Tigers 21
Red Donahue 2.73 (2.7261) Detroit Tigers 22
George Mullin 2.78 (2.7818) Detroit Tigers 23
Cy Falkenberg 2.86 (2.8627) Washington Senators 24
Charlie Smith 2.91 (2.9065) Washington Senators 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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).