1976 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Mark Fidrych	2.34 (2.3369)	Detroit Tigers	1
Vida Blue	2.35 (2.3531)	Oakland Athletics	2
Frank Tanana	2.43 (2.4347)	California Angels	3
Mike Torrez	2.50 (2.5006)	Oakland Athletics	4
Jim Palmer	2.51 (2.5143)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Wayne Garland	2.67 (2.6729)	Baltimore Orioles	6
Paul Hartzell	2.77 (2.7651)	California Angels	7
Bill Travers	2.81 (2.8125)	Milwaukee Brewers	8
Bert Blyleven	2.87 (2.8723)	Minnesota Twins	9
		Texas Rangers
Gary Ross	3.00 (3.0000)	California Angels	10
Bill Campbell	3.01 (3.0060)	Minnesota Twins	11
Ed Figueroa	3.02 (3.0156)	New York Yankees	12
Al Fitzmorris	3.06 (3.0635)	Kansas City Royals	13
Luis Tiant	3.06 (3.0645)	Boston Red Sox	14
Reggie Cleveland	3.07 (3.0706)	Boston Red Sox	15
Jim Umbarger	3.15 (3.1470)	Texas Rangers	16
Dock Ellis	3.19 (3.1890)	New York Yankees	17
Jim Bibby	3.20 (3.1959)	Cleveland Indians	18
Gaylord Perry	3.24 (3.2357)	Texas Rangers	19
Nelson Briles	3.26 (3.2571)	Texas Rangers	20
Fergie Jenkins	3.27 (3.2727)	Boston Red Sox	21
Ken Brett	3.28 (3.2808)	New York Yankees	22
		Chicago White Sox
Jerry Augustine	3.30 (3.3029)	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Nolan Ryan	3.36 (3.3552)	California Angels	24
Dave Goltz	3.36 (3.3570)	Minnesota Twins	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.