Earned Run Average : 1960 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:

"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)
 

1960 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Baumann 2.67 (2.6709) Chicago White Sox 1
Jim Bunning 2.79 (2.7857) Detroit Tigers 2
Art Ditmar 3.06 (3.0600) New York Yankees 3
Whitey Ford 3.08 (3.0830) New York Yankees 4
Steve Barber 3.22 (3.2202) Baltimore Orioles 5
Bob Turley 3.27 (3.2712) New York Yankees 6
Ray Herbert 3.28 (3.2770) Kansas City Athletics 7
Milt Pappas 3.37 (3.3695) Baltimore Orioles 8
Ralph Terry 3.40 (3.4020) New York Yankees 9
Jack Fisher 3.41 (3.4148) Baltimore Orioles 10
Don Lee 3.44 (3.4364) Washington Senators 11
Pedro Ramos 3.45 (3.4489) Washington Senators 12
Early Wynn 3.49 (3.4888) Chicago White Sox 13
Frank Lary 3.51 (3.5103) Detroit Tigers 14
Chuck Estrada 3.58 (3.5799) Baltimore Orioles 15
Jim Perry 3.62 (3.6161) Cleveland Indians 16
Billy Pierce 3.62 (3.6214) Chicago White Sox 17
Bill Monbouquette 3.64 (3.6419) Boston Red Sox 18
Dick Hall 4.05 (4.0475) Kansas City Athletics 19
Bob Shaw 4.06 (4.0640) Chicago White Sox 20
Bud Daley 4.56 (4.5584) Kansas City Athletics 21
Tom Brewer 4.82 (4.8214) Boston Red Sox 22



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?

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.

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.