Earned Run Average : 1922 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1922 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Red Faber 2.81 (2.8125) Chicago White Sox 1
Herman Pillette 2.85 (2.8507) Detroit Tigers 2
Bob Shawkey 2.91 (2.9132) New York Yankees 3
Rasty Wright 2.92 (2.9221) St. Louis Browns 4
Urban Shocker 2.97 (2.9741) St. Louis Browns 5
Walter Johnson 2.99 (2.9893) Washington Senators 6
Tom Zachary 3.12 (3.1191) Washington Senators 7
Eddie Rommel 3.28 (3.2755) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Joe Bush 3.31 (3.3133) New York Yankees 9
Stan Coveleski 3.32 (3.3181) Cleveland Indians 10
Dixie Leverett 3.34 (3.3398) Chicago White Sox 11
Elam Vangilder 3.42 (3.4163) St. Louis Browns 12
Waite Hoyt 3.43 (3.4302) New York Yankees 13
Jack Quinn 3.48 (3.4805) Boston Red Sox 14
George Mogridge 3.58 (3.5762) Washington Senators 15
Carl Mays 3.60 (3.6000) New York Yankees 16
Charlie Robertson 3.64 (3.6397) Chicago White Sox 17
Sam Jones 3.67 (3.6692) New York Yankees 18
Rip Collins 3.76 (3.7595) Boston Red Sox 19
Ray Kolp 3.93 (3.9253) St. Louis Browns 20
Guy Morton 4.00 (3.9967) Cleveland Indians 21
George Uhle 4.07 (4.0719) Cleveland Indians 22
Dixie Davis 4.08 (4.0784) St. Louis Browns 23
Hooks Dauss 4.20 (4.1982) Detroit Tigers 24
Howard Ehmke 4.22 (4.2157) Detroit Tigers 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.

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).