Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1979 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1979 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)

1979 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Ron Guidry 2.78 (2.7800) New York Yankees 1

Tommy John 2.96 (2.9638) New York Yankees 2

Dennis Eckersley 2.99 (2.9919) Boston Red Sox 3

Mike Flanagan 3.08 (3.0828) Baltimore Orioles 4

Jack Morris 3.28 (3.2782) Detroit Tigers 5

Mike Caldwell 3.29 (3.2936) Milwaukee Brewers 6

Scott McGregor 3.35 (3.3492) Baltimore Orioles 7

Jerry Koosman 3.38 (3.3793) Minnesota Twins 8

Ross Baumgarten 3.54 (3.5402) Chicago White Sox 9

Geoff Zahn 3.57 (3.5680) Minnesota Twins 10

Dave Frost 3.57 (3.5724) California Angels 11

Nolan Ryan 3.60 (3.5973) California Angels 12

Jim Slaton 3.63 (3.6338) Milwaukee Brewers 13

Dennis Martinez 3.66 (3.6636) Baltimore Orioles 14

Steve Comer 3.68 (3.6768) Texas Rangers 15

Tom Underwood 3.69 (3.6872) Toronto Blue Jays 16

Rick Wise 3.73 (3.7295) Cleveland Indians 17

Ken Kravec 3.74 (3.7440) Chicago White Sox 18

Mike Parrott 3.77 (3.7674) Seattle Mariners 19

Steve Stone 3.77 (3.7742) Baltimore Orioles 20

Bill Travers 3.89 (3.8915) Milwaukee Brewers 21

Luis Tiant 3.91 (3.9097) New York Yankees 22

Lary Sorensen 3.98 (3.9773) Milwaukee Brewers 23

Bob Stanley 3.99 (3.9877) Boston Red Sox 24

Rick Honeycutt 4.04 (4.0361) Seattle Mariners 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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.

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.

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