1962 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Hank Aguirre	2.21 (2.2083)	Detroit Tigers	1
Robin Roberts	2.78 (2.7753)	Baltimore Orioles	2
Whitey Ford	2.90 (2.8991)	New York Yankees	3
Dean Chance	2.96 (2.9613)	Los Angeles Angels	4
Eddie Fisher	3.10 (3.1040)	Chicago White Sox	5
Jim Kaat	3.15 (3.1450)	Minnesota Twins	6
Tom Cheney	3.17 (3.1673)	Washington Senators	7
Ralph Terry	3.19 (3.1942)	New York Yankees	8
Ray Herbert	3.27 (3.2704)	Chicago White Sox	9
Camilo Pascual	3.32 (3.3182)	Minnesota Twins	10
Bill Monbouquette	3.33 (3.3272)	Boston Red Sox	11
Don Lee	3.46 (3.4627)	Minnesota Twins	12
		Los Angeles Angels
Bo Belinsky	3.56 (3.5552)	Los Angeles Angels	13
Dick Donovan	3.59 (3.5904)	Cleveland Indians	14
Jim Bunning	3.59 (3.5930)	Detroit Tigers	15
Don Rudolph	3.62 (3.6170)	Cleveland Indians	16
		Washington Senators
Dave Stenhouse	3.65 (3.6548)	Washington Senators	17
Bill Stafford	3.67 (3.6703)	New York Yankees	18
Pedro Ramos	3.71 (3.7103)	Cleveland Indians	19
Juan Pizarro	3.81 (3.8066)	Chicago White Sox	20
Chuck Estrada	3.83 (3.8284)	Baltimore Orioles	21
Jack Kralick	3.86 (3.8571)	Minnesota Twins	22
Earl Wilson	3.90 (3.9042)	Boston Red Sox	23
Gene Conley	3.95 (3.9476)	Boston Red Sox	24
Milt Pappas	4.03 (4.0325)	Baltimore Orioles	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. 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.