1887 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American Association
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Elmer Smith	2.94 (2.9374)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	1
Matt Kilroy	3.07 (3.0696)	Baltimore Orioles	2
Tony Mullane	3.24 (3.2426)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	3
Bob Caruthers	3.30 (3.2991)	St. Louis Browns	4
Toad Ramsey	3.43 (3.4332)	Louisville Colonels	5
Hugh Daily	3.67 (3.6730)	Cleveland Blues	6
Silver King	3.78 (3.7846)	St. Louis Browns	7
Elton Chamberlain	3.79 (3.7864)	Louisville Colonels	8
Phenomenal Smith	3.79 (3.7917)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Dave Foutz	3.87 (3.8723)	St. Louis Browns	10
Adonis Terry	4.02 (4.0189)	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	11
Billy Serad	4.08 (4.0836)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	12
Ed Seward	4.13 (4.1303)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Guy Hecker	4.16 (4.1636)	Louisville Colonels	14
Henry Porter	4.21 (4.2129)	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	15
Gus Weyhing	4.27 (4.2652)	Philadelphia Athletics	16
Steve Toole	4.31 (4.3144)	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	17
Al Mays	4.73 (4.7311)	New York Metropolitans	18
Billy Crowell	4.88 (4.8776)	Cleveland Blues	19
Mike Morrison	4.92 (4.9168)	Cleveland Blues	20
Jack Lynch	5.10 (5.1016)	New York Metropolitans	21
Ed Cushman	5.97 (5.9727)	New York Metropolitans	22
John Harkins	6.02 (6.0151)	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	23
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). Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro. 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.