1988 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Allan Anderson	2.45 (2.4465)	Minnesota Twins	1
Teddy Higuera	2.45 (2.4545)	Milwaukee Brewers	2
Frank Viola	2.64 (2.6436)	Minnesota Twins	3
Mark Gubicza	2.70 (2.7033)	Kansas City Royals	4
Roger Clemens	2.93 (2.9318)	Boston Red Sox	5
Jeff Robinson	2.98 (2.9826)	Detroit Tigers	6
Dave Stieb	3.04 (3.0386)	Toronto Blue Jays	7
Charlie Leibrandt	3.19 (3.1852)	Kansas City Royals	8
Greg Swindell	3.20 (3.1983)	Cleveland Indians	9
Dave Stewart	3.23 (3.2322)	Oakland Athletics	10
Tom Candiotti	3.28 (3.2815)	Cleveland Indians	11
Charlie Hough	3.32 (3.3214)	Texas Rangers	12
Mark Langston	3.34 (3.3406)	Seattle Mariners	13
Chris Bosio	3.36 (3.3626)	Milwaukee Brewers	14
Mike Boddicker	3.39 (3.3941)	Baltimore Orioles	15
		Boston Red Sox
Dave LaPoint	3.40 (3.4029)	Chicago White Sox	16
Jerry Reuss	3.44 (3.4426)	Chicago White Sox	17
Bob Welch	3.64 (3.6417)	Oakland Athletics	18
Bruce Hurst	3.66 (3.6554)	Boston Red Sox	19
Jose Guzman	3.70 (3.7016)	Texas Rangers	20
Storm Davis	3.70 (3.7041)	Oakland Athletics	21
Mike Moore	3.78 (3.7784)	Seattle Mariners	22
Melido Perez	3.79 (3.7919)	Chicago White Sox	23
Bret Saberhagen	3.80 (3.7979)	Kansas City Royals	24
Jeff Russell	3.82 (3.8162)	Texas Rangers	25
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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. 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).