1931 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Lefty Grove	2.06 (2.0577)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Lefty Gomez	2.67 (2.6667)	New York Yankees	2
Bump Hadley	3.06 (3.0557)	Washington Senators	3
Lloyd Brown	3.20 (3.2010)	Washington Senators	4
Firpo Marberry	3.45 (3.4521)	Washington Senators	5
George Uhle	3.50 (3.4974)	Detroit Tigers	6
George Earnshaw	3.67 (3.6746)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Rube Walberg	3.74 (3.7423)	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Wes Ferrell	3.75 (3.7455)	Cleveland Indians	9
Red Faber	3.82 (3.8152)	Chicago White Sox	10
Alvin Crowder	3.88 (3.8791)	Washington Senators	11
Dick Coffman	3.88 (3.8799)	St. Louis Browns	12
Wilcy Moore	3.88 (3.8849)	Boston Red Sox	13
Danny MacFayden	4.02 (4.0188)	Boston Red Sox	14
Earl Whitehill	4.08 (4.0799)	Detroit Tigers	15
Vic Sorrell	4.15 (4.1510)	Detroit Tigers	16
Roy Mahaffey	4.21 (4.2136)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Ed Durham	4.25 (4.2460)	Boston Red Sox	18
Herb Pennock	4.28 (4.2782)	New York Yankees	19
Art Herring	4.31 (4.3091)	Detroit Tigers	20
Mel Harder	4.36 (4.3608)	Cleveland Indians	21
Carl Fischer	4.38 (4.3822)	Washington Senators	22
Lefty Stewart	4.40 (4.3953)	St. Louis Browns	23
Red Ruffing	4.41 (4.4051)	New York Yankees	24
Vic Frazier	4.46 (4.4646)	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?