Earned Run Average : 1915 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)
 

1915 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Wood 1.49 (1.4873) Boston Red Sox 1
Walter Johnson 1.55 (1.5505) Washington Senators 2
Ernie Shore 1.64 (1.6397) Boston Red Sox 3
Jim Scott 2.03 (2.0349) Chicago White Sox 4
Ray Fisher 2.11 (2.1077) New York Yankees 5
Joe Benz 2.11 (2.1147) Chicago White Sox 6
Rube Foster 2.11 (2.1149) Boston Red Sox 7
Guy Morton 2.14 (2.1375) Cleveland Indians 8
Doc Ayers 2.21 (2.2145) Washington Senators 9
Bert Gallia 2.29 (2.2875) Washington Senators 10
Carl Weilman 2.34 (2.3439) St. Louis Browns 11
Dutch Leonard 2.36 (2.3564) Boston Red Sox 12
Babe Ruth 2.44 (2.4395) Boston Red Sox 13
Harry Coveleski 2.45 (2.4467) Detroit Tigers 14
Hooks Dauss 2.50 (2.4995) Detroit Tigers 15
Red Faber 2.55 (2.5528) Chicago White Sox 16
Reb Russell 2.59 (2.5901) Chicago White Sox 17
Willie Mitchell 2.82 (2.8220) Cleveland Indians 18
Earl Hamilton 2.87 (2.8676) St. Louis Browns 19
Ray Caldwell 2.89 (2.8918) New York Yankees 20
Eddie Cicotte 3.02 (3.0224) Chicago White Sox 21
Bernie Boland 3.11 (3.1085) Detroit Tigers 22
Jean Dubuc 3.21 (3.2093) Detroit Tigers 23
Joe Boehling 3.22 (3.2180) Washington Senators 24
Grover Lowdermilk 3.24 (3.2357) St. Louis Browns 25
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The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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?