Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1971 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1971 American League Top 25

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1971 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Vida Blue 1.82 (1.8173) Oakland Athletics 1

Wilbur Wood 1.91 (1.9132) Chicago White Sox 2

Jim Palmer 2.68 (2.6809) Baltimore Orioles 3

Mike Hedlund 2.71 (2.7131) Kansas City Royals 4

Bert Blyleven 2.81 (2.8132) Minnesota Twins 5

Mel Stottlemyre 2.87 (2.8702) New York Yankees 6

Dave McNally 2.89 (2.8886) Baltimore Orioles 7

Pat Dobson 2.90 (2.9008) Baltimore Orioles 8

Sonny Siebert 2.91 (2.9065) Boston Red Sox 9

Mickey Lolich 2.92 (2.9202) Detroit Tigers 10

Bart Johnson 2.93 (2.9326) Chicago White Sox 11

Lew Krausse 2.94 (2.9446) Milwaukee Brewers 12

Steve Kline 2.96 (2.9550) New York Yankees 13

Catfish Hunter 2.96 (2.9598) Oakland Athletics 14

Tom Bradley 2.96 (2.9615) Chicago White Sox 15

Dick Drago 2.98 (2.9834) Kansas City Royals 16

Andy Messersmith 2.99 (2.9928) California Angels 17

Clyde Wright 2.99 (2.9928) California Angels

Rudy May 3.02 (3.0240) California Angels 19

Fritz Peterson 3.05 (3.0547) New York Yankees 20

Mike Cuellar 3.08 (3.0787) Baltimore Orioles 21

Marty Pattin 3.13 (3.1285) Milwaukee Brewers 22

Joe Coleman 3.15 (3.1469) Detroit Tigers 23

Bill Parsons 3.20 (3.2003) Milwaukee Brewers 24

Jim Kaat 3.32 (3.3188) Minnesota Twins 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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

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.

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).

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