Earned Run Average : 1915 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)
 

1915 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Wood 1.49 (1.4873) Boston Red Sox 1
Walter Johnson 1.55 (1.5505) Washington Senators 2
Ernie Shore 1.64 (1.6397) Boston Red Sox 3
Jim Scott 2.03 (2.0349) Chicago White Sox 4
Ray Fisher 2.11 (2.1077) New York Yankees 5
Joe Benz 2.11 (2.1147) Chicago White Sox 6
Rube Foster 2.11 (2.1149) Boston Red Sox 7
Guy Morton 2.14 (2.1375) Cleveland Indians 8
Doc Ayers 2.21 (2.2145) Washington Senators 9
Bert Gallia 2.29 (2.2875) Washington Senators 10
Carl Weilman 2.34 (2.3439) St. Louis Browns 11
Dutch Leonard 2.36 (2.3564) Boston Red Sox 12
Babe Ruth 2.44 (2.4395) Boston Red Sox 13
Harry Coveleski 2.45 (2.4467) Detroit Tigers 14
Hooks Dauss 2.50 (2.4995) Detroit Tigers 15
Red Faber 2.55 (2.5528) Chicago White Sox 16
Reb Russell 2.59 (2.5901) Chicago White Sox 17
Willie Mitchell 2.82 (2.8220) Cleveland Indians 18
Earl Hamilton 2.87 (2.8676) St. Louis Browns 19
Ray Caldwell 2.89 (2.8918) New York Yankees 20
Eddie Cicotte 3.02 (3.0224) Chicago White Sox 21
Bernie Boland 3.11 (3.1085) Detroit Tigers 22
Jean Dubuc 3.21 (3.2093) Detroit Tigers 23
Joe Boehling 3.22 (3.2180) Washington Senators 24
Grover Lowdermilk 3.24 (3.2357) St. Louis Browns 25
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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.

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.