Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1991 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1991 American League Top 25

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"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)

1991 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Roger Clemens 2.62 (2.6204) Boston Red Sox 1

Tom Candiotti 2.65 (2.6471) Cleveland Indians 2

Toronto Blue Jays

Bill Wegman 2.84 (2.8397) Milwaukee Brewers 3

Jim Abbott 2.89 (2.8889) California Angels 4

Nolan Ryan 2.91 (2.9133) Texas Rangers 5

Mike Moore 2.96 (2.9571) Oakland Athletics 6

Kevin Tapani 2.99 (2.9877) Minnesota Twins 7

Mark Langston 3.00 (2.9959) California Angels 8

Jimmy Key 3.05 (3.0526) Toronto Blue Jays 9

Bret Saberhagen 3.07 (3.0713) Kansas City Royals 10

Jose Guzman 3.08 (3.0766) Texas Rangers 11

Scott Erickson 3.18 (3.1765) Minnesota Twins 12

Chris Bosio 3.25 (3.2541) Milwaukee Brewers 13

Jack McDowell 3.41 (3.4060) Chicago White Sox 14

Kevin Appier 3.42 (3.4238) Kansas City Royals 15

Jack Morris 3.43 (3.4297) Minnesota Twins 16

Greg Swindell 3.48 (3.4790) Cleveland Indians 17

Bill Krueger 3.60 (3.6000) Seattle Mariners 18

Brian Holman 3.69 (3.6860) Seattle Mariners 19

David Wells 3.72 (3.7210) Toronto Blue Jays 20

Frank Tanana 3.77 (3.7684) Detroit Tigers 21

Todd Stottlemyre 3.78 (3.7808) Toronto Blue Jays 22

Chuck Finley 3.80 (3.8006) California Angels 23

Scott Sanderson 3.81 (3.8077) New York Yankees 24

Erik Hanson 3.81 (3.8130) Seattle Mariners 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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

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?

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