Earned Run Average : 1921 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:

"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)
 

1921 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Red Faber 2.48 (2.4768) Chicago White Sox 1
George Mogridge 3.00 (3.0000) Washington Senators 2
Carl Mays 3.05 (3.0475) New York Yankees 3
Waite Hoyt 3.09 (3.0921) New York Yankees 4
Sam Jones 3.22 (3.2243) Boston Red Sox 5
Stan Coveleski 3.37 (3.3714) Cleveland Indians 6
Joe Bush 3.50 (3.5033) Boston Red Sox 7
Walter Johnson 3.51 (3.5114) Washington Senators 8
Urban Shocker 3.55 (3.5541) St. Louis Browns 9
Eric Erickson 3.62 (3.6201) Washington Senators 10
Dutch Leonard 3.75 (3.7469) Detroit Tigers 11
Allen Sothoron 3.89 (3.8860) St. Louis Browns 12
Boston Red Sox  
Cleveland Indians  
Duster Mails 3.94 (3.9365) Cleveland Indians 13
Elam Vangilder 3.94 (3.9427) St. Louis Browns 14
Eddie Rommel 3.94 (3.9428) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Tom Zachary 3.96 (3.9600) Washington Senators 16
George Uhle 4.01 (4.0084) Cleveland Indians 17
Herb Pennock 4.04 (4.0419) Boston Red Sox 18
Bob Shawkey 4.08 (4.0776) New York Yankees 19
Allen Russell 4.11 (4.1098) Boston Red Sox 20
Red Oldham 4.24 (4.2384) Detroit Tigers 21
Slim Harriss 4.27 (4.2694) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Hooks Dauss 4.33 (4.3262) Detroit Tigers 23
Dixie Davis 4.44 (4.4435) St. Louis Browns 24
Roy Moore 4.51 (4.5078) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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?

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.

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