Earned Run Average : 1918 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)
 

1918 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 1.27 (1.2699) Washington Senators 1
Stan Coveleski 1.82 (1.8232) Cleveland Indians 2
Allen Sothoron 1.94 (1.9378) St. Louis Browns 3
Scott Perry 1.98 (1.9769) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Joe Bush 2.11 (2.1125) Boston Red Sox 5
Harry Harper 2.18 (2.1762) Washington Senators 6
George Mogridge 2.18 (2.1811) New York Yankees 7
Carl Mays 2.21 (2.2091) Boston Red Sox 8
Babe Ruth 2.22 (2.2184) Boston Red Sox 9
Sam Jones 2.25 (2.2500) Boston Red Sox 10
Johnny Enzmann 2.37 (2.3707) Cleveland Indians 11
Jim Shaw 2.42 (2.4240) Washington Senators 12
Reb Russell 2.60 (2.5989) Chicago White Sox 13
Joe Benz 2.63 (2.6299) Chicago White Sox 14
Guy Morton 2.64 (2.6413) Cleveland Indians 15
Bernie Boland 2.65 (2.6471) Detroit Tigers 16
Frank Shellenback 2.66 (2.6606) Chicago White Sox 17
Jim Bagby 2.69 (2.6867) Cleveland Indians 18
Dutch Leonard 2.72 (2.7215) Boston Red Sox 19
Eddie Cicotte 2.77 (2.7744) Chicago White Sox 20
Doc Ayers 2.83 (2.8270) Washington Senators 21
Hooks Dauss 2.99 (2.9920) Detroit Tigers 22
Ray Caldwell 3.06 (3.0566) New York Yankees 23
Fritz Coumbe 3.06 (3.0600) Cleveland Indians 24
Slim Love 3.07 (3.0700) New York Yankees 25



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.

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