1909 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Harry Krause	1.39 (1.3944)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Ed Walsh	1.41 (1.4067)	Chicago White Sox	2
Chief Bender	1.66 (1.6560)	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Addie Joss	1.71 (1.7060)	Cleveland Naps	4
Ed Killian	1.71 (1.7135)	Detroit Tigers	5
Doc White	1.72 (1.7223)	Chicago White Sox	6
Eddie Plank	1.76 (1.7638)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Frank Smith	1.80 (1.8000)	Chicago White Sox	8
Cy Morgan	1.81 (1.8102)	Boston Red Sox	9
		Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Lake	1.88 (1.8808)	New York Highlanders	10
Bill Burns	1.92 (1.9155)	Washington Senators	11
		Chicago White Sox
Eddie Cicotte	1.97 (1.9729)	Boston Red Sox	12
Jack Powell	2.11 (2.1088)	St. Louis Browns	13
Lew Brockett	2.12 (2.1176)	New York Highlanders	14
Joe Wood	2.18 (2.1846)	Boston Red Sox	15
Frank Arellanes	2.19 (2.1850)	Boston Red Sox	16
Walter Johnson	2.22 (2.2171)	Washington Senators	17
George Mullin	2.22 (2.2228)	Detroit Tigers	18
Ed Summers	2.24 (2.2367)	Detroit Tigers	19
Cy Young	2.26 (2.2627)	Cleveland Naps	20
Jim Scott	2.30 (2.3009)	Chicago White Sox	21
Barney Pelty	2.30 (2.3027)	St. Louis Browns	22
Jack Coombs	2.32 (2.3193)	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Ed Willett	2.34 (2.3371)	Detroit Tigers	24
Rube Waddell	2.37 (2.3691)	St. Louis Browns	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. 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. 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.