1942 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Ted Lyons	2.10 (2.0961)	Chicago White Sox	1
Tiny Bonham	2.27 (2.2699)	New York Yankees	2
Spud Chandler	2.38 (2.3771)	New York Yankees	3
Hal Newhouser	2.45 (2.4501)	Detroit Tigers	4
Hank Borowy	2.52 (2.5234)	New York Yankees	5
Tex Hughson	2.59 (2.5943)	Boston Red Sox	6
Johnny Niggeling	2.66 (2.6607)	St. Louis Browns	7
Johnny Humphries	2.68 (2.6803)	Chicago White Sox	8
Virgil Trucks	2.74 (2.7376)	Detroit Tigers	9
Tommy Bridges	2.74 (2.7414)	Detroit Tigers	10
Al Benton	2.90 (2.8985)	Detroit Tigers	11
Hal White	2.91 (2.9077)	Detroit Tigers	12
Jim Bagby	2.96 (2.9594)	Cleveland Indians	13
Al Hollingsworth	2.96 (2.9627)	St. Louis Browns	14
Marv Breuer	3.07 (3.0669)	New York Yankees	15
Red Ruffing	3.21 (3.2065)	New York Yankees	16
Charlie Wagner	3.29 (3.2873)	Boston Red Sox	17
Joe Dobson	3.30 (3.3011)	Boston Red Sox	18
Roger Wolff	3.32 (3.3173)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Alex Carrasquel	3.43 (3.4267)	Washington Senators	20
Dizzy Trout	3.43 (3.4305)	Detroit Tigers	21
Mel Harder	3.44 (3.4429)	Cleveland Indians	22
Denny Galehouse	3.60 (3.6031)	St. Louis Browns	23
Lum Harris	3.74 (3.7410)	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Chubby Dean	3.81 (3.8050)	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	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). 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.