1940 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Bob Feller	2.61 (2.6129)	Cleveland Indians	1
Bobo Newsom	2.83 (2.8295)	Detroit Tigers	2
Johnny Rigney	3.11 (3.1104)	Chicago White Sox	3
Eddie Smith	3.21 (3.2122)	Chicago White Sox	4
Ken Chase	3.23 (3.2331)	Washington Senators	5
Ted Lyons	3.24 (3.2361)	Chicago White Sox	6
Al Milnar	3.27 (3.2682)	Cleveland Indians	7
Marius Russo	3.28 (3.2799)	New York Yankees	8
Tommy Bridges	3.37 (3.3693)	Detroit Tigers	9
Red Ruffing	3.39 (3.3850)	New York Yankees	10
Al Smith	3.44 (3.4426)	Cleveland Indians	11
Schoolboy Rowe	3.46 (3.4615)	Detroit Tigers	12
Thornton Lee	3.47 (3.4737)	Chicago White Sox	13
Dutch Leonard	3.49 (3.4879)	Washington Senators	14
Johnny Babich	3.73 (3.7282)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Elden Auker	3.96 (3.9595)	St. Louis Browns	16
Lefty Grove	3.99 (3.9913)	Boston Red Sox	17
Mel Harder	4.06 (4.0573)	Cleveland Indians	18
Johnny Gorsica	4.33 (4.3313)	Detroit Tigers	19
Buck Ross	4.38 (4.3753)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Nels Potter	4.44 (4.4402)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Johnny Niggeling	4.45 (4.4512)	St. Louis Browns	22
Marv Breuer	4.55 (4.5549)	New York Yankees	23
Jack Knott	4.56 (4.5570)	Chicago White Sox	24
Sid Hudson	4.57 (4.5714)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

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