Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1955 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1955 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)

1955 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Billy Pierce 1.97 (1.9692) Chicago White Sox 1

Whitey Ford 2.63 (2.6255) New York Yankees 2

Early Wynn 2.82 (2.8174) Cleveland Indians 3

Herb Score 2.85 (2.8504) Cleveland Indians 4

Frank Sullivan 2.91 (2.9077) Boston Red Sox 5

Billy Hoeft 2.99 (2.9864) Detroit Tigers 6

Bob Turley 3.06 (3.0649) New York Yankees 7

Frank Lary 3.10 (3.1021) Detroit Tigers 8

Tommy Byrne 3.15 (3.1500) New York Yankees 9

Dick Donovan 3.32 (3.3209) Chicago White Sox 10

Jack Harshman 3.36 (3.3625) Chicago White Sox 11

Jim Wilson 3.44 (3.4419) Baltimore Orioles 12

Johnny Schmitz 3.71 (3.7091) Washington Senators 13

Mickey McDermott 3.75 (3.7500) Washington Senators 14

Bob Lemon 3.88 (3.8754) Cleveland Indians 15

Virgil Trucks 3.96 (3.9600) Chicago White Sox 16

Steve Gromek 3.98 (3.9779) Detroit Tigers 17

Ned Garver 3.98 (3.9798) Detroit Tigers 18

Mike Garcia 4.02 (4.0158) Cleveland Indians 19

Willard Nixon 4.07 (4.0673) Boston Red Sox 20

Erv Palica 4.14 (4.1375) Baltimore Orioles 21

Dean Stone 4.15 (4.1500) Washington Senators 22

Tom Brewer 4.20 (4.2041) Boston Red Sox 23

Alex Kellner 4.20 (4.2049) Kansas City Athletics 24

Bob Porterfield 4.45 (4.4494) 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.

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.

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