Earned Run Average : 1932 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:

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1932 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 2.84 (2.8389) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Red Ruffing 3.09 (3.0927) New York Yankees 2
Ted Lyons 3.28 (3.2775) Chicago White Sox 3
Alvin Crowder 3.33 (3.3303) Washington Senators 4
Tommy Bridges 3.36 (3.3582) Detroit Tigers 5
Ivy Andrews 3.52 (3.5170) New York Yankees 6
Boston Red Sox  
Chief Hogsett 3.54 (3.5393) Detroit Tigers 7
Wes Ferrell 3.66 (3.6605) Cleveland Indians 8
Johnny Allen 3.70 (3.7031) New York Yankees 9
Mel Harder 3.75 (3.7461) Cleveland Indians 10
Ed Durham 3.80 (3.7985) Boston Red Sox 11
Milt Gaston 4.00 (3.9960) Chicago White Sox 12
Firpo Marberry 4.01 (4.0067) Washington Senators 13
Vic Sorrell 4.03 (4.0327) Detroit Tigers 14
Monte Weaver 4.08 (4.0769) Washington Senators 15
Clint Brown 4.08 (4.0774) Cleveland Indians 16
George Pipgras 4.19 (4.1918) New York Yankees 17
Lefty Gomez 4.21 (4.2060) New York Yankees 18
Sam Jones 4.22 (4.2230) Chicago White Sox 19
Tommy Thomas 4.26 (4.2573) Chicago White Sox 20
Washington Senators  
Danny MacFayden 4.39 (4.3869) Boston Red Sox 21
New York Yankees  
Lloyd Brown 4.44 (4.4408) Washington Senators 22
Bob Weiland 4.51 (4.5077) Boston Red Sox 23
Sam Gray 4.53 (4.5290) St. Louis Browns 24
Earl Whitehill 4.54 (4.5369) Detroit Tigers 25



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

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.

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.