1908 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Addie Joss	1.16 (1.1631)	Cleveland Naps	1
Cy Young	1.26 (1.2642)	Boston Red Sox	2
Ed Walsh	1.42 (1.4159)	Chicago White Sox	3
Ed Summers	1.64 (1.6445)	Detroit Tigers	4
Walter Johnson	1.65 (1.6502)	Washington Senators	5
Bill Burns	1.69 (1.6909)	Washington Senators	6
Charlie Chech	1.74 (1.7384)	Cleveland Naps	7
Bob Rhoads	1.77 (1.7667)	Cleveland Naps	8
Harry Howell	1.89 (1.8869)	St. Louis Browns	9
Rube Waddell	1.89 (1.8903)	St. Louis Browns	10
Jack Coombs	2.00 (2.0000)	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Frank Smith	2.03 (2.0258)	Chicago White Sox	12
Bill Donovan	2.08 (2.0769)	Detroit Tigers	13
Bill Dinneen	2.10 (2.1018)	St. Louis Browns	14
Jack Powell	2.11 (2.1094)	St. Louis Browns	15
Heinie Berger	2.12 (2.1221)	Cleveland Naps	16
Eddie Plank	2.17 (2.1703)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Glenn Liebhardt	2.20 (2.1985)	Cleveland Naps	18
Rube Vickers	2.21 (2.2145)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Tom Hughes	2.21 (2.2147)	Washington Senators	20
Ed Willett	2.28 (2.2804)	Detroit Tigers	21
Charlie Smith	2.40 (2.3967)	Washington Senators	22
Eddie Cicotte	2.43 (2.4309)	Boston Red Sox	23
Cy Morgan	2.46 (2.4585)	Boston Red Sox	24
Doc White	2.55 (2.5541)	Chicago White Sox	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. 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.