Earned Run Average : 1912 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1912 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 1.39 (1.3902) Washington Senators 1
Joe Wood 1.91 (1.9099) Boston Red Sox 2
Ed Walsh 2.15 (2.1527) Chicago White Sox 3
Eddie Plank 2.22 (2.2182) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Ray Collins 2.53 (2.5284) Boston Red Sox 5
Buck O'Brien 2.58 (2.5792) Boston Red Sox 6
Vean Gregg 2.59 (2.5872) Cleveland Naps 7
Bob Groom 2.62 (2.6203) Washington Senators 8
Chief Bender 2.74 (2.7368) Philadelphia Athletics 9
George McConnell 2.75 (2.7509) New York Highlanders 10
Jean Dubuc 2.77 (2.7720) Detroit Tigers 11
Willie Mitchell 2.80 (2.8045) Cleveland Naps 12
Jack Warhop 2.86 (2.8605) New York Highlanders 13
Joe Benz 2.90 (2.9036) Chicago White Sox 14
Fred Blanding 2.92 (2.9198) Cleveland Naps 15
Hugh Bedient 2.92 (2.9221) Boston Red Sox 16
Tom Hughes 2.94 (2.9388) Washington Senators 17
Byron Houck 2.94 (2.9391) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Charley Hall 3.02 (3.0157) Boston Red Sox 19
Jack Powell 3.10 (3.0977) St. Louis Browns 20
Carl Cashion 3.17 (3.1703) Washington Senators 21
Doc White 3.24 (3.2442) Chicago White Sox 22
Earl Hamilton 3.24 (3.2443) St. Louis Browns 23
Frank Lange 3.27 (3.2661) Chicago White Sox 24
Ed Willett 3.29 (3.2919) Detroit Tigers 25



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).

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.