Earned Run Average : 1920 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1920 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Shawkey 2.45 (2.4545) New York Yankees 1
Stan Coveleski 2.49 (2.4857) Cleveland Indians 2
Urban Shocker 2.71 (2.7110) St. Louis Browns 3
Eddie Rommel 2.85 (2.8503) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Jim Bagby 2.89 (2.8881) Cleveland Indians 5
Red Faber 2.99 (2.9906) Chicago White Sox 6
Harry Harper 3.04 (3.0430) Boston Red Sox 7
Carl Mays 3.06 (3.0577) New York Yankees 8
Dixie Davis 3.17 (3.1745) St. Louis Browns 9
Jack Quinn 3.20 (3.1974) New York Yankees 10
Rip Collins 3.22 (3.2189) New York Yankees 11
Howard Ehmke 3.25 (3.2534) Detroit Tigers 12
Elmer Myers 3.25 (3.2549) Cleveland Indians 13
Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Cicotte 3.26 (3.2637) Chicago White Sox 14
Dickey Kerr 3.37 (3.3706) Chicago White Sox 15
Rollie Naylor 3.47 (3.4735) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Hooks Dauss 3.56 (3.5623) Detroit Tigers 17
Scott Perry 3.62 (3.6182) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Herb Pennock 3.68 (3.6768) Boston Red Sox 19
Tom Zachary 3.77 (3.7690) Washington Senators 20
Eric Erickson 3.84 (3.8357) Washington Senators 21
Red Oldham 3.85 (3.8452) Detroit Tigers 22
Ray Caldwell 3.86 (3.8625) Cleveland Indians 23
Doc Ayers 3.88 (3.8818) Detroit Tigers 24
Lefty Williams 3.91 (3.9130) Chicago White Sox 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.

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.