1953 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Ed Lopat	2.42 (2.4224)	New York Yankees	1
Billy Pierce	2.72 (2.7199)	Chicago White Sox	2
Virgil Trucks	2.93 (2.9281)	St. Louis Browns	3
		Chicago White Sox
Whitey Ford	3.00 (3.0000)	New York Yankees	4
Johnny Sain	3.00 (3.0000)	New York Yankees
Mickey McDermott	3.01 (3.0097)	Boston Red Sox	6
Mel Parnell	3.06 (3.0622)	Boston Red Sox	7
Mike Garcia	3.25 (3.2466)	Cleveland Indians	8
Chuck Stobbs	3.29 (3.2941)	Washington Senators	9
Vic Raschi	3.33 (3.3315)	New York Yankees	10
Bob Porterfield	3.35 (3.3529)	Washington Senators	11
Bob Lemon	3.36 (3.3593)	Cleveland Indians	12
Sid Hudson	3.52 (3.5192)	Boston Red Sox	13
Bob Feller	3.59 (3.5863)	Cleveland Indians	14
Mike Fornieles	3.59 (3.5882)	Chicago White Sox	15
Walt Masterson	3.63 (3.6253)	Washington Senators	16
Marion Fricano	3.88 (3.8815)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Alex Kellner	3.93 (3.9273)	Philadelphia Athletics	18
Early Wynn	3.93 (3.9338)	Cleveland Indians	19
Spec Shea	3.94 (3.9352)	Washington Senators	20
Don Larsen	4.16 (4.1574)	St. Louis Browns	21
Morrie Martin	4.43 (4.4328)	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Ned Garver	4.45 (4.4471)	Detroit Tigers	23
Duane Pillette	4.48 (4.4820)	St. Louis Browns	24
Ted Gray	4.60 (4.6023)	Detroit Tigers	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). 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.