1917 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Eddie Cicotte	1.53 (1.5317)	Chicago White Sox	1
Carl Mays	1.74 (1.7439)	Boston Red Sox	2
Stan Coveleski	1.81 (1.8101)	Cleveland Indians	3
Red Faber	1.92 (1.9234)	Chicago White Sox	4
Reb Russell	1.95 (1.9489)	Chicago White Sox	5
Jim Bagby	1.96 (1.9647)	Cleveland Indians	6
Babe Ruth	2.01 (2.0133)	Boston Red Sox	7
Bill James	2.09 (2.0909)	Detroit Tigers	8
Doc Ayers	2.17 (2.1669)	Washington Senators	9
Dutch Leonard	2.17 (2.1710)	Boston Red Sox	10
Willie Mitchell	2.19 (2.1853)	Detroit Tigers	11
Walter Johnson	2.21 (2.2086)	Washington Senators	12
Ernie Shore	2.22 (2.2235)	Boston Red Sox	13
Ed Klepfer	2.37 (2.3662)	Cleveland Indians	14
Hooks Dauss	2.43 (2.4273)	Detroit Tigers	15
Bob Shawkey	2.44 (2.4372)	New York Yankees	16
Joe Bush	2.47 (2.4686)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
George Dumont	2.55 (2.5505)	Washington Senators	18
Dave Danforth	2.65 (2.6532)	Chicago White Sox	19
Bernie Boland	2.68 (2.6849)	Detroit Tigers	20
Guy Morton	2.74 (2.7391)	Cleveland Indians	21
Jing Johnson	2.78 (2.7801)	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Allen Sothoron	2.83 (2.8301)	St. Louis Browns	23
Ray Caldwell	2.86 (2.8602)	New York Yankees	24
Bob Groom	2.94 (2.9398)	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. 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).