1986 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
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
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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.