Earned Run Average : 1990 American League Top 25

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1990 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Roger Clemens 1.93 (1.9314) Boston Red Sox 1
Chuck Finley 2.40 (2.4025) California Angels 2
Dave Stewart 2.56 (2.5618) Oakland Athletics 3
Kevin Appier 2.76 (2.7630) Kansas City Royals 4
Dave Stieb 2.93 (2.9329) Toronto Blue Jays 5
Bob Welch 2.95 (2.9496) Oakland Athletics 6
David Wells 3.14 (3.1429) Toronto Blue Jays 7
Greg Hibbard 3.16 (3.1564) Chicago White Sox 8
Erik Hanson 3.24 (3.2415) Seattle Mariners 9
Kirk McCaskill 3.25 (3.2524) California Angels 10
Mike Boddicker 3.36 (3.3553) Boston Red Sox 11
Bobby Witt 3.36 (3.3649) Texas Rangers 12
Nolan Ryan 3.44 (3.4412) Texas Rangers 13
Matt Young 3.51 (3.5148) Seattle Mariners 14
Bud Black 3.57 (3.5710) Cleveland Indians 15
Toronto Blue Jays  
Kevin Brown 3.60 (3.6000) Texas Rangers 16
Randy Johnson 3.65 (3.6464) Seattle Mariners 17
Tom Candiotti 3.65 (3.6535) Cleveland Indians 18
Tom Gordon 3.73 (3.7321) Kansas City Royals 19
Teddy Higuera 3.76 (3.7588) Milwaukee Brewers 20
Jack McDowell 3.82 (3.8195) Chicago White Sox 21
Scott Sanderson 3.88 (3.8821) Oakland Athletics 22
Greg Harris 4.00 (4.0036) Boston Red Sox 23
Brian Holman 4.03 (4.0334) Seattle Mariners 24
Charlie Hough 4.07 (4.0747) Texas Rangers 25



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.

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

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).