Earned Run Average : 1985 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1985 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dave Stieb 2.48 (2.4792) Toronto Blue Jays 1
Charlie Leibrandt 2.69 (2.6886) Kansas City Royals 2
Bret Saberhagen 2.87 (2.8683) Kansas City Royals 3
Jimmy Key 3.00 (3.0047) Toronto Blue Jays 4
Bert Blyleven 3.16 (3.1566) Cleveland Indians 5
Minnesota Twins  
Tom Seaver 3.17 (3.1676) Chicago White Sox 6
Ron Guidry 3.27 (3.2664) New York Yankees 7
Charlie Hough 3.31 (3.3076) Texas Rangers 8
Jack Morris 3.33 (3.3268) Detroit Tigers 9
Dan Petry 3.36 (3.3561) Detroit Tigers 10
Danny Jackson 3.42 (3.4183) Kansas City Royals 11
Doyle Alexander 3.45 (3.4527) Toronto Blue Jays 12
Mike Moore 3.46 (3.4615) Seattle Mariners 13
Mike Witt 3.56 (3.5640) California Angels 14
Ken Dixon 3.67 (3.6667) Baltimore Orioles 15
Oil Can Boyd 3.70 (3.7014) Boston Red Sox 16
Danny Darwin 3.80 (3.8040) Milwaukee Brewers 17
Moose Haas 3.84 (3.8412) Milwaukee Brewers 18
Walt Terrell 3.85 (3.8515) Detroit Tigers 19
Don Sutton 3.86 (3.8628) Oakland Athletics 20
California Angels  
Teddy Higuera 3.90 (3.8995) Milwaukee Brewers 21
Britt Burns 3.96 (3.9648) Chicago White Sox 22
Al Nipper 4.06 (4.0556) Boston Red Sox 23
Mark Gubicza 4.06 (4.0602) Kansas City Royals 24
Mike Boddicker 4.07 (4.0721) Baltimore Orioles 25



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?

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