Earned Run Average : 1929 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)
 

1929 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 2.81 (2.8111) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Firpo Marberry 3.06 (3.0559) Washington Senators 2
Tommy Thomas 3.19 (3.1887) Chicago White Sox 3
George Earnshaw 3.29 (3.2866) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Willis Hudlin 3.34 (3.3389) Cleveland Indians 5
Jake Miller 3.58 (3.5825) Cleveland Indians 6
Bill Shores 3.60 (3.5961) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Wes Ferrell 3.60 (3.5975) Cleveland Indians 8
Rube Walberg 3.60 (3.5978) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Roy Sherid 3.61 (3.6078) New York Yankees 10
Danny MacFayden 3.62 (3.6244) Boston Red Sox 11
Hal McKain 3.65 (3.6456) Chicago White Sox 12
Sam Gray 3.72 (3.7180) St. Louis Browns 13
Milt Gaston 3.73 (3.7305) Boston Red Sox 14
Red Faber 3.88 (3.8846) Chicago White Sox 15
Alvin Crowder 3.92 (3.9150) St. Louis Browns 16
Jack Russell 3.92 (3.9194) Boston Red Sox 17
Sam Jones 3.92 (3.9241) Washington Senators 18
Jack Quinn 3.97 (3.9689) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Rip Collins 4.00 (3.9979) St. Louis Browns 20
George Uhle 4.08 (4.0843) Detroit Tigers 21
Ted Lyons 4.10 (4.0951) Chicago White Sox 22
George Blaeholder 4.18 (4.1757) St. Louis Browns 23
Lloyd Brown 4.18 (4.1786) Washington Senators 24
George Pipgras 4.23 (4.2337) New York Yankees 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?

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.

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.