Earned Run Average : 1958 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)
 

1958 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Whitey Ford 2.01 (2.0106) New York Yankees 1
Billy Pierce 2.68 (2.6816) Chicago White Sox 2
Jack Harshman 2.89 (2.8942) Baltimore Orioles 3
Frank Lary 2.90 (2.9040) Detroit Tigers 4
Billy O'Dell 2.97 (2.9684) Baltimore Orioles 5
Bob Turley 2.97 (2.9715) New York Yankees 6
Cal McLish 2.99 (2.9911) Cleveland Indians 7
Dick Donovan 3.01 (3.0121) Chicago White Sox 8
Camilo Pascual 3.15 (3.1466) Washington Senators 9
Arnie Portocarrero 3.25 (3.2541) Baltimore Orioles 10
Gary Bell 3.31 (3.3132) Cleveland Indians 11
Ike Delock 3.38 (3.3750) Boston Red Sox 12
Paul Foytack 3.44 (3.4435) Detroit Tigers 13
Ray Herbert 3.50 (3.4971) Kansas City Athletics 14
Jim Bunning 3.52 (3.5235) Detroit Tigers 15
Frank Sullivan 3.57 (3.5669) Boston Red Sox 16
Tom Brewer 3.72 (3.7214) Boston Red Sox 17
Mudcat Grant 3.84 (3.8382) Cleveland Indians 18
Duke Maas 3.85 (3.8490) Kansas City Athletics 19
New York Yankees  
Ned Garver 4.03 (4.0299) Kansas City Athletics 20
Ray Narleski 4.07 (4.0746) Cleveland Indians 21
Jim Wilson 4.10 (4.1049) Chicago White Sox 22
Early Wynn 4.13 (4.1307) Chicago White Sox 23
Pedro Ramos 4.23 (4.2339) Washington Senators 24
Ralph Terry 4.24 (4.2369) Kansas City Athletics 25



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).

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.