1978 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Ron Guidry	1.74 (1.7430)	New York Yankees	1
Jon Matlack	2.27 (2.2667)	Texas Rangers	2
Mike Caldwell	2.36 (2.3625)	Milwaukee Brewers	3
Jim Palmer	2.46 (2.4628)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Dave Goltz	2.49 (2.4917)	Minnesota Twins	5
Larry Gura	2.72 (2.7203)	Kansas City Royals	6
Dennis Eckersley	2.99 (2.9851)	Boston Red Sox	7
Ed Figueroa	2.99 (2.9881)	New York Yankees	8
Geoff Zahn	3.03 (3.0317)	Minnesota Twins	9
Fergie Jenkins	3.04 (3.0361)	Texas Rangers	10
Rich Gale	3.09 (3.0884)	Kansas City Royals	11
Dave Rozema	3.14 (3.1385)	Detroit Tigers	12
Rick Waits	3.20 (3.2041)	Cleveland Indians	13
Lary Sorensen	3.21 (3.2066)	Milwaukee Brewers	14
Matt Keough	3.24 (3.2382)	Oakland Athletics	15
Luis Tiant	3.31 (3.3061)	Boston Red Sox	16
Scott McGregor	3.32 (3.3219)	Baltimore Orioles	17
Dennis Leonard	3.33 (3.3292)	Kansas City Royals	18
John Henry Johnson	3.39 (3.3871)	Oakland Athletics	19
Paul Splittorff	3.40 (3.4008)	Kansas City Royals	20
Rick Langford	3.43 (3.4326)	Oakland Athletics	21
Bill Lee	3.46 (3.4576)	Boston Red Sox	22
Dennis Martinez	3.52 (3.5175)	Baltimore Orioles	23
Frank Tanana	3.65 (3.6527)	California Angels	24
Nolan Ryan	3.72 (3.7202)	California Angels	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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? 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).