Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1909 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1909 American League Top 25

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1909 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Harry Krause 1.39 (1.3944) Philadelphia Athletics 1

Ed Walsh 1.41 (1.4067) Chicago White Sox 2

Chief Bender 1.66 (1.6560) Philadelphia Athletics 3

Addie Joss 1.71 (1.7060) Cleveland Naps 4

Ed Killian 1.71 (1.7135) Detroit Tigers 5

Doc White 1.72 (1.7223) Chicago White Sox 6

Eddie Plank 1.76 (1.7638) Philadelphia Athletics 7

Frank Smith 1.80 (1.8000) Chicago White Sox 8

Cy Morgan 1.81 (1.8102) Boston Red Sox 9

Philadelphia Athletics

Joe Lake 1.88 (1.8808) New York Highlanders 10

Bill Burns 1.92 (1.9155) Washington Senators 11

Chicago White Sox

Eddie Cicotte 1.97 (1.9729) Boston Red Sox 12

Jack Powell 2.11 (2.1088) St. Louis Browns 13

Lew Brockett 2.12 (2.1176) New York Highlanders 14

Joe Wood 2.18 (2.1846) Boston Red Sox 15

Frank Arellanes 2.19 (2.1850) Boston Red Sox 16

Walter Johnson 2.22 (2.2171) Washington Senators 17

George Mullin 2.22 (2.2228) Detroit Tigers 18

Ed Summers 2.24 (2.2367) Detroit Tigers 19

Cy Young 2.26 (2.2627) Cleveland Naps 20

Jim Scott 2.30 (2.3009) Chicago White Sox 21

Barney Pelty 2.30 (2.3027) St. Louis Browns 22

Jack Coombs 2.32 (2.3193) Philadelphia Athletics 23

Ed Willett 2.34 (2.3371) Detroit Tigers 24

Rube Waddell 2.37 (2.3691) St. Louis Browns 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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).

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?

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