Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1938 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1938 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)

1938 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Lefty Grove 3.08 (3.0794) Boston Red Sox 1

Red Ruffing 3.31 (3.3113) New York Yankees 2

Lefty Gomez 3.35 (3.3515) New York Yankees 3

Dutch Leonard 3.43 (3.4254) Washington Senators 4

Thornton Lee 3.49 (3.4851) Chicago White Sox 5

Johnny Rigney 3.56 (3.5569) Chicago White Sox 6

Bump Hadley 3.60 (3.6036) New York Yankees 7

Ted Lyons 3.70 (3.6986) Chicago White Sox 8

Mel Harder 3.83 (3.8250) Cleveland Indians 9

Monte Pearson 3.97 (3.9653) New York Yankees 10

Monty Stratton 4.01 (4.0090) Chicago White Sox 11

Spud Chandler 4.03 (4.0291) New York Yankees 12

Bob Feller 4.08 (4.0840) Cleveland Indians 13

George Gill 4.12 (4.1159) Detroit Tigers 14

Johnny Allen 4.18 (4.1850) Cleveland Indians 15

Jack Knott 4.19 (4.1925) St. Louis Browns 16

Chicago White Sox

Jim Bagby 4.21 (4.2131) Boston Red Sox 17

Jack Wilson 4.30 (4.2997) Boston Red Sox 18

George Caster 4.35 (4.3507) Philadelphia Athletics 19

Fritz Ostermueller 4.58 (4.5849) Boston Red Sox 20

Pete Appleton 4.60 (4.6004) Washington Senators 21

John Whitehead 4.76 (4.7618) Chicago White Sox 22

Bud Thomas 4.92 (4.9168) Philadelphia Athletics 23

Vern Kennedy 5.06 (5.0596) Detroit Tigers 24

Bobo Newsom 5.08 (5.0779) St. Louis Browns 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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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