1916 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Babe Ruth	1.75 (1.7518)	Boston Red Sox	1
Eddie Cicotte	1.78 (1.7807)	Chicago White Sox	2
Walter Johnson	1.90 (1.8990)	Washington Senators	3
Harry Coveleski	1.97 (1.9702)	Detroit Tigers	4
Red Faber	2.02 (2.0162)	Chicago White Sox	5
Nick Cullop	2.05 (2.0479)	New York Yankees	6
Carl Weilman	2.15 (2.1522)	St. Louis Browns	7
Bob Shawkey	2.21 (2.2120)	New York Yankees	8
George Mogridge	2.31 (2.3116)	New York Yankees	9
Eddie Plank	2.33 (2.3296)	St. Louis Browns	10
Dutch Leonard	2.37 (2.3650)	Boston Red Sox	11
Carl Mays	2.39 (2.3878)	Boston Red Sox	12
Reb Russell	2.42 (2.4174)	Chicago White Sox	13
Harry Harper	2.45 (2.4513)	Washington Senators	14
Ernie Koob	2.54 (2.5380)	St. Louis Browns	15
Bob Groom	2.57 (2.5675)	St. Louis Browns	16
Joe Bush	2.57 (2.5744)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Jim Bagby	2.61 (2.6076)	Cleveland Indians	18
Ernie Shore	2.63 (2.6322)	Boston Red Sox	19
Jim Scott	2.72 (2.7218)	Chicago White Sox	20
Bert Gallia	2.76 (2.7603)	Washington Senators	21
Dave Davenport	2.85 (2.8486)	St. Louis Browns	22
Lefty Williams	2.89 (2.8886)	Chicago White Sox	23
Jean Dubuc	2.96 (2.9589)	Detroit Tigers	24
Joe Boehling	2.97 (2.9650)	Washington Senators	25
		Cleveland Indians
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. Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.