Earned Run Average : 1920 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1920 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 1.91 (1.9073) Chicago Cubs 1
Babe Adams 2.16 (2.1559) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Burleigh Grimes 2.22 (2.2228) Brooklyn Robins 3
Wilbur Cooper 2.39 (2.3945) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Dutch Ruether 2.47 (2.4730) Cincinnati Reds 5
Dolf Luque 2.51 (2.5136) Cincinnati Reds 6
Bill Doak 2.53 (2.5333) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Hippo Vaughn 2.54 (2.5415) Chicago Cubs 8
Elmer Ponder 2.62 (2.6173) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Leon Cadore 2.62 (2.6186) Brooklyn Robins 10
Jesse Barnes 2.64 (2.6446) New York Giants 11
Fred Toney 2.65 (2.6515) New York Giants 12
Al Mamaux 2.69 (2.6906) Brooklyn Robins 13
Phil Douglas 2.71 (2.7080) New York Giants 14
Ray Fisher 2.73 (2.7313) Cincinnati Reds 15
Lee Meadows 2.84 (2.8421) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Hod Eller 2.95 (2.9525) Cincinnati Reds 17
Jesse Haines 2.98 (2.9834) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Jeff Pfeffer 3.01 (3.0140) Brooklyn Robins 19
Rube Benton 3.03 (3.0259) New York Giants 20
Art Nehf 3.08 (3.0784) New York Giants 21
Dana Fillingim 3.11 (3.1103) Boston Braves 22
Rube Marquard 3.23 (3.2267) Brooklyn Robins 23
Earl Hamilton 3.24 (3.2431) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bill Sherdel 3.28 (3.2824) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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.

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?