Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1964 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1964 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1964 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Dean Chance 1.65 (1.6491) Los Angeles Angels 1

Joe Horlen 1.88 (1.8797) Chicago White Sox 2

Whitey Ford 2.13 (2.1335) New York Yankees 3

Gary Peters 2.50 (2.4994) Chicago White Sox 4

Juan Pizarro 2.56 (2.5607) Chicago White Sox 5

Wally Bunker 2.69 (2.6916) Baltimore Orioles 6

Sam McDowell 2.70 (2.7000) Cleveland Indians 7

Fred Newman 2.75 (2.7474) Los Angeles Angels 8

Robin Roberts 2.91 (2.9118) Baltimore Orioles 9

Milt Pappas 2.97 (2.9682) Baltimore Orioles 10

John Buzhardt 2.98 (2.9813) Chicago White Sox 11

Jim Bouton 3.02 (3.0184) New York Yankees 12

Jack Kralick 3.21 (3.2098) Cleveland Indians 13

Jim Kaat 3.22 (3.2222) Minnesota Twins 14

Mickey Lolich 3.26 (3.2586) Detroit Tigers 15

Camilo Pascual 3.30 (3.2993) Minnesota Twins 16

Claude Osteen 3.33 (3.3268) Washington Senators 17

Dave Wickersham 3.44 (3.4370) Detroit Tigers 18

Al Downing 3.47 (3.4672) New York Yankees 19

Mudcat Grant 3.67 (3.6711) Cleveland Indians 20

Minnesota Twins

Bennie Daniels 3.70 (3.6994) Washington Senators 21

Hank Aguirre 3.79 (3.7856) Detroit Tigers 22

Dick Stigman 4.03 (4.0263) Minnesota Twins 23

Bill Monbouquette 4.04 (4.0385) Boston Red Sox 24

Buster Narum 4.30 (4.2965) Washington Senators 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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).

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.

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.

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