1927 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Wilcy Moore	2.28 (2.2817)	New York Yankees	1
Waite Hoyt	2.63 (2.6333)	New York Yankees	2
Urban Shocker	2.84 (2.8350)	New York Yankees	3
Ted Lyons	2.84 (2.8375)	Chicago White Sox	4
Bump Hadley	2.85 (2.8540)	Washington Senators	5
Garland Braxton	2.95 (2.9549)	Washington Senators	6
Tommy Thomas	2.98 (2.9837)	Chicago White Sox	7
Herb Pennock	3.00 (3.0048)	New York Yankees	8
Lefty Grove	3.19 (3.1906)	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Jake Miller	3.21 (3.2050)	Cleveland Indians	10
Jack Quinn	3.26 (3.2633)	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Earl Whitehill	3.36 (3.3559)	Detroit Tigers	12
Dutch Ruether	3.38 (3.3750)	New York Yankees	13
Hod Lisenbee	3.57 (3.5702)	Washington Senators	14
Sam Gibson	3.80 (3.8014)	Detroit Tigers	15
Rube Walberg	3.93 (3.9345)	Philadelphia Athletics	16
Garland Buckeye	3.96 (3.9576)	Cleveland Indians	17
Ownie Carroll	3.98 (3.9767)	Detroit Tigers	18
Lil Stoner	3.98 (3.9767)	Detroit Tigers
Willis Hudlin	4.01 (4.0126)	Cleveland Indians	20
Ken Holloway	4.07 (4.0746)	Detroit Tigers	21
Sarge Connally	4.08 (4.0840)	Chicago White Sox	22
George Pipgras	4.11 (4.1122)	New York Yankees	23
Tom Zachary	4.13 (4.1271)	St. Louis Browns	24
		Washington Senators
Slim Harriss	4.18 (4.1761)	Boston Red Sox	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.