1949 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Mike Garcia	2.36 (2.3567)	Cleveland Indians	1
Mel Parnell	2.77 (2.7731)	Boston Red Sox	2
Virgil Trucks	2.81 (2.8145)	Detroit Tigers	3
Fred Hutchinson	2.96 (2.9576)	Detroit Tigers	4
Bob Lemon	2.99 (2.9928)	Cleveland Indians	5
Ed Lopat	3.26 (3.2601)	New York Yankees	6
Bill Wight	3.31 (3.3061)	Chicago White Sox	7
Vic Raschi	3.34 (3.3422)	New York Yankees	8
Ellis Kinder	3.36 (3.3571)	Boston Red Sox	9
Hal Newhouser	3.36 (3.3596)	Detroit Tigers	10
Ted Gray	3.51 (3.5077)	Detroit Tigers	11
Art Houtteman	3.71 (3.7119)	Detroit Tigers	12
Tommy Byrne	3.72 (3.7194)	New York Yankees	13
Alex Kellner	3.75 (3.7469)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Dick Fowler	3.75 (3.7488)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Bob Feller	3.75 (3.7536)	Cleveland Indians	16
Randy Gumpert	3.81 (3.8077)	Chicago White Sox	17
Joe Dobson	3.85 (3.8511)	Boston Red Sox	18
Joe Coleman	3.86 (3.8571)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Billy Pierce	3.88 (3.8796)	Chicago White Sox	20
Ned Garver	3.98 (3.9836)	St. Louis Browns	21
Allie Reynolds	4.00 (4.0016)	New York Yankees	22
Bob Kuzava	4.02 (4.0213)	Chicago White Sox	23
Chuck Stobbs	4.03 (4.0263)	Boston Red Sox	24
Early Wynn	4.15 (4.1538)	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	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 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? Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.