Earned Run Average : 1913 American League Top 25

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1913 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 1.14 (1.1445) Washington Senators 1
Eddie Cicotte 1.58 (1.5784) Chicago White Sox 2
Jim Scott 1.90 (1.9018) Chicago White Sox 3
Reb Russell 1.90 (1.9042) Chicago White Sox 4
Willie Mitchell 1.91 (1.9078) Cleveland Naps 5
Joe Boehling 2.14 (2.1416) Washington Senators 6
Chief Bender 2.21 (2.2056) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Cy Falkenberg 2.22 (2.2174) Cleveland Naps 8
Vean Gregg 2.24 (2.2369) Cleveland Naps 9
Dutch Leonard 2.39 (2.3946) Boston Red Sox 10
Ray Caldwell 2.41 (2.4097) New York Yankees 11
Hooks Dauss 2.48 (2.4800) Detroit Tigers 12
Fred Blanding 2.55 (2.5535) Cleveland Naps 13
Earl Hamilton 2.57 (2.5675) St. Louis Browns 14
Walt Leverenz 2.58 (2.5757) St. Louis Browns 15
Eddie Plank 2.60 (2.5962) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Ray Collins 2.63 (2.6270) Boston Red Sox 17
Russ Ford 2.66 (2.6582) New York Yankees 18
Hugh Bedient 2.78 (2.7799) Boston Red Sox 19
Jean Dubuc 2.89 (2.8929) Detroit Tigers 20
Boardwalk Brown 2.94 (2.9448) Philadelphia Athletics 21
Roy Mitchell 3.01 (3.0082) St. Louis Browns 22
Joe Engel 3.06 (3.0607) Washington Senators 23
Ed Willett 3.09 (3.0868) Detroit Tigers 24
George Baumgardner 3.13 (3.1263) St. Louis Browns 25



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

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