1959 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Hoyt Wilhelm	2.19 (2.1903)	Baltimore Orioles	1
Camilo Pascual	2.64 (2.6397)	Washington Senators	2
Jim Perry	2.65 (2.6471)	Cleveland Indians	3
Bob Shaw	2.69 (2.6922)	Chicago White Sox	4
Art Ditmar	2.90 (2.8960)	New York Yankees	5
Jerry Walker	2.92 (2.9176)	Baltimore Orioles	6
Billy O'Dell	2.93 (2.9348)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Whitey Ford	3.04 (3.0441)	New York Yankees	8
Bud Daley	3.16 (3.1618)	Kansas City Athletics	9
Early Wynn	3.17 (3.1682)	Chicago White Sox	10
Milt Pappas	3.27 (3.2675)	Baltimore Orioles	11
Don Mossi	3.36 (3.3553)	Detroit Tigers	12
Frank Lary	3.55 (3.5516)	Detroit Tigers	13
Billy Pierce	3.62 (3.6161)	Chicago White Sox	14
Cal McLish	3.63 (3.6331)	Cleveland Indians	15
Dick Donovan	3.66 (3.6568)	Chicago White Sox	16
Ned Garver	3.71 (3.7103)	Kansas City Athletics	17
Barry Latman	3.75 (3.7500)	Chicago White Sox	18
Tom Brewer	3.76 (3.7616)	Boston Red Sox	19
Hal Brown	3.79 (3.7866)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Ralph Terry	3.89 (3.8868)	Kansas City Athletics	21
		New York Yankees
Jim Bunning	3.89 (3.8932)	Detroit Tigers	22
Frank Sullivan	3.95 (3.9512)	Boston Red Sox	23
Gary Bell	4.04 (4.0385)	Cleveland Indians	24
Mudcat Grant	4.14 (4.1371)	Cleveland Indians	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). 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.