Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1941 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1941 American League Top 25

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"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)

1941 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Thornton Lee 2.37 (2.3674) Chicago White Sox 1

Al Benton 2.97 (2.9683) Detroit Tigers 2

Charlie Wagner 3.07 (3.0747) Boston Red Sox 3

Marius Russo 3.09 (3.0906) New York Yankees 4

Bob Feller 3.15 (3.1487) Cleveland Indians 5

Eddie Smith 3.18 (3.1785) Chicago White Sox 6

Spud Chandler 3.19 (3.1894) New York Yankees 7

Mickey Harris 3.25 (3.2474) Boston Red Sox 8

Dutch Leonard 3.45 (3.4453) Washington Senators 9

Sid Hudson 3.46 (3.4606) Washington Senators 10

Red Ruffing 3.54 (3.5386) New York Yankees 11

Atley Donald 3.57 (3.5660) New York Yankees 12

Phil Marchildon 3.57 (3.5677) Philadelphia Athletics 13

Denny Galehouse 3.64 (3.6410) St. Louis Browns 14

Bob Muncrief 3.65 (3.6532) St. Louis Browns 15

Ted Lyons 3.70 (3.6993) Chicago White Sox 16

Lefty Gomez 3.74 (3.7420) New York Yankees 17

Johnny Niggeling 3.80 (3.7960) St. Louis Browns 18

Al Smith 3.83 (3.8323) Cleveland Indians 19

Johnny Rigney 3.84 (3.8354) Chicago White Sox 20

Jim Bagby 4.04 (4.0365) Cleveland Indians 21

Dick Newsome 4.13 (4.1279) Boston Red Sox 22

Al Milnar 4.36 (4.3561) Cleveland Indians 23

Jack Knott 4.40 (4.3997) Philadelphia Athletics 24

Johnny Gorsica 4.47 (4.4737) Detroit Tigers 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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

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.

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