1934 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Lefty Gomez	2.33 (2.3325)	New York Yankees	1
Mel Harder	2.61 (2.6084)	Cleveland Indians	2
Johnny Murphy	3.12 (3.1204)	New York Yankees	3
Bobby Burke	3.21 (3.2143)	Washington Senators	4
Elden Auker	3.42 (3.4244)	Detroit Tigers	5
Schoolboy Rowe	3.45 (3.4511)	Detroit Tigers	6
Fritz Ostermueller	3.49 (3.4882)	Boston Red Sox	7
Wes Ferrell	3.63 (3.6298)	Boston Red Sox	8
Tommy Bridges	3.67 (3.6655)	Detroit Tigers	9
Red Ruffing	3.93 (3.9324)	New York Yankees	10
Bobo Newsom	4.01 (4.0140)	St. Louis Browns	11
Lefty Stewart	4.03 (4.0263)	Washington Senators	12
Johnny Broaca	4.16 (4.1617)	New York Yankees	13
Jack Russell	4.17 (4.1670)	Washington Senators	14
George Blaeholder	4.22 (4.2248)	St. Louis Browns	15
Bump Hadley	4.35 (4.3521)	St. Louis Browns	16
Sugar Cain	4.41 (4.4090)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Johnny Welch	4.49 (4.4927)	Boston Red Sox	18
Oral Hildebrand	4.50 (4.5000)	Cleveland Indians	19
Johnny Marcum	4.50 (4.5000)	Philadelphia Athletics
Earl Whitehill	4.52 (4.5191)	Washington Senators	21
George Earnshaw	4.52 (4.5198)	Chicago White Sox	22
Monte Pearson	4.52 (4.5236)	Cleveland Indians	23
Dick Coffman	4.53 (4.5260)	St. Louis Browns	24
Gordon Rhodes	4.56 (4.5616)	Boston Red 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). 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.