Earned Run Average : 1986 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1986 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Roger Clemens 2.48 (2.4803) Boston Red Sox 1
Teddy Higuera 2.79 (2.7906) Milwaukee Brewers 2
Mike Witt 2.84 (2.8439) California Angels 3
Bruce Hurst 2.99 (2.9943) Boston Red Sox 4
Danny Jackson 3.20 (3.1993) Kansas City Royals 5
Jack Morris 3.27 (3.2697) Detroit Tigers 6
Kirk McCaskill 3.36 (3.3613) California Angels 7
Curt Young 3.45 (3.4545) Oakland Athletics 8
Floyd Bannister 3.54 (3.5383) Chicago White Sox 9
Tom Candiotti 3.57 (3.5667) Cleveland Indians 10
Jimmy Key 3.57 (3.5690) Toronto Blue Jays 11
Mark Gubicza 3.64 (3.6365) Kansas City Royals 12
Don Sutton 3.74 (3.7391) California Angels 13
Oil Can Boyd 3.78 (3.7792) Boston Red Sox 14
Charlie Hough 3.79 (3.7902) Texas Rangers 15
Dennis Rasmussen 3.88 (3.8762) New York Yankees 16
Joe Cowley 3.88 (3.8809) Chicago White Sox 17
Jim Clancy 3.94 (3.9392) Toronto Blue Jays 18
Ron Guidry 3.98 (3.9775) New York Yankees 19
Bert Blyleven 4.01 (4.0086) Minnesota Twins 20
Tom Seaver 4.03 (4.0321) Chicago White Sox 21
Boston Red Sox  
Neal Heaton 4.08 (4.0772) Cleveland Indians 22
Minnesota Twins  
Charlie Leibrandt 4.09 (4.0850) Kansas City Royals 23
Frank Tanana 4.16 (4.1575) Detroit Tigers 24
Tim Leary 4.21 (4.2053) Milwaukee Brewers 25



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.

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).