1912 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Walter Johnson	1.39 (1.3902)	Washington Senators	1
Joe Wood	1.91 (1.9099)	Boston Red Sox	2
Ed Walsh	2.15 (2.1527)	Chicago White Sox	3
Eddie Plank	2.22 (2.2182)	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Ray Collins	2.53 (2.5284)	Boston Red Sox	5
Buck O'Brien	2.58 (2.5792)	Boston Red Sox	6
Vean Gregg	2.59 (2.5872)	Cleveland Naps	7
Bob Groom	2.62 (2.6203)	Washington Senators	8
Chief Bender	2.74 (2.7368)	Philadelphia Athletics	9
George McConnell	2.75 (2.7509)	New York Highlanders	10
Jean Dubuc	2.77 (2.7720)	Detroit Tigers	11
Willie Mitchell	2.80 (2.8045)	Cleveland Naps	12
Jack Warhop	2.86 (2.8605)	New York Highlanders	13
Joe Benz	2.90 (2.9036)	Chicago White Sox	14
Fred Blanding	2.92 (2.9198)	Cleveland Naps	15
Hugh Bedient	2.92 (2.9221)	Boston Red Sox	16
Tom Hughes	2.94 (2.9388)	Washington Senators	17
Byron Houck	2.94 (2.9391)	Philadelphia Athletics	18
Charley Hall	3.02 (3.0157)	Boston Red Sox	19
Jack Powell	3.10 (3.0977)	St. Louis Browns	20
Carl Cashion	3.17 (3.1703)	Washington Senators	21
Doc White	3.24 (3.2442)	Chicago White Sox	22
Earl Hamilton	3.24 (3.2443)	St. Louis Browns	23
Frank Lange	3.27 (3.2661)	Chicago White Sox	24
Ed Willett	3.29 (3.2919)	Detroit Tigers	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

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