1936 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Lefty Grove	2.81 (2.8066)	Boston Red Sox	1
Johnny Allen	3.44 (3.4444)	Cleveland Indians	2
Pete Appleton	3.53 (3.5256)	Washington Senators	3
Tommy Bridges	3.60 (3.6041)	Detroit Tigers	4
Monte Pearson	3.71 (3.7130)	New York Yankees	5
Red Ruffing	3.85 (3.8524)	New York Yankees	6
Harry Kelley	3.86 (3.8626)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Wes Ferrell	4.19 (4.1860)	Boston Red Sox	8
Johnny Broaca	4.24 (4.2379)	New York Yankees	9
Bobo Newsom	4.32 (4.3162)	Washington Senators	10
Bump Hadley	4.35 (4.3532)	New York Yankees	11
Lefty Gomez	4.39 (4.3887)	New York Yankees	12
Joe Cascarella	4.44 (4.4438)	Boston Red Sox	13
		Washington Senators
Schoolboy Rowe	4.51 (4.5122)	Detroit Tigers	14
Vern Kennedy	4.63 (4.6258)	Chicago White Sox	15
Jimmy DeShong	4.63 (4.6274)	Washington Senators	16
John Whitehead	4.64 (4.6431)	Chicago White Sox	17
Johnny Marcum	4.81 (4.8103)	Boston Red Sox	18
Ivy Andrews	4.85 (4.8450)	St. Louis Browns	19
Earl Whitehill	4.87 (4.8744)	Washington Senators	20
Fritz Ostermueller	4.88 (4.8819)	Boston Red Sox	21
Sugar Cain	4.89 (4.8898)	St. Louis Browns	22
		Chicago White Sox
Elden Auker	4.89 (4.8901)	Detroit Tigers	23
Oral Hildebrand	4.89 (4.8950)	Cleveland Indians	24
Ted Lyons	5.14 (5.1429)	Chicago White Sox	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.