1971 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Vida Blue	1.82 (1.8173)	Oakland Athletics	1
Wilbur Wood	1.91 (1.9132)	Chicago White Sox	2
Jim Palmer	2.68 (2.6809)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Mike Hedlund	2.71 (2.7131)	Kansas City Royals	4
Bert Blyleven	2.81 (2.8132)	Minnesota Twins	5
Mel Stottlemyre	2.87 (2.8702)	New York Yankees	6
Dave McNally	2.89 (2.8886)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Pat Dobson	2.90 (2.9008)	Baltimore Orioles	8
Sonny Siebert	2.91 (2.9065)	Boston Red Sox	9
Mickey Lolich	2.92 (2.9202)	Detroit Tigers	10
Bart Johnson	2.93 (2.9326)	Chicago White Sox	11
Lew Krausse	2.94 (2.9446)	Milwaukee Brewers	12
Steve Kline	2.96 (2.9550)	New York Yankees	13
Catfish Hunter	2.96 (2.9598)	Oakland Athletics	14
Tom Bradley	2.96 (2.9615)	Chicago White Sox	15
Dick Drago	2.98 (2.9834)	Kansas City Royals	16
Andy Messersmith	2.99 (2.9928)	California Angels	17
Clyde Wright	2.99 (2.9928)	California Angels
Rudy May	3.02 (3.0240)	California Angels	19
Fritz Peterson	3.05 (3.0547)	New York Yankees	20
Mike Cuellar	3.08 (3.0787)	Baltimore Orioles	21
Marty Pattin	3.13 (3.1285)	Milwaukee Brewers	22
Joe Coleman	3.15 (3.1469)	Detroit Tigers	23
Bill Parsons	3.20 (3.2003)	Milwaukee Brewers	24
Jim Kaat	3.32 (3.3188)	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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. 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).