2004 Earned Run Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Earned Run Average	Team	Rank
Johan Santana	2.61 (2.6053)	Minnesota Twins	1
Curt Schilling	3.26 (3.2559)	Boston Red Sox	2
Jake Westbrook	3.38 (3.3802)	Cleveland Indians	3
Brad Radke	3.48 (3.4825)	Minnesota Twins	4
Tim Hudson	3.53 (3.5300)	Oakland Athletics	5
Rodrigo Lopez	3.59 (3.5859)	Baltimore Orioles	6
Freddy Garcia	3.81 (3.8143)	Seattle Mariners	7
		Chicago White Sox
Mark Buehrle	3.89 (3.8886)	Chicago White Sox	8
Pedro Martinez	3.90 (3.8986)	Boston Red Sox	9
Kelvim Escobar	3.93 (3.9312)	Anaheim Angels	10
Rich Harden	3.99 (3.9859)	Oakland Athletics	11
Bronson Arroyo	4.03 (4.0298)	Boston Red Sox	12
Ted Lilly	4.06 (4.0591)	Toronto Blue Jays	13
C.C. Sabathia	4.12 (4.1170)	Cleveland Indians	14
Ryan Drese	4.20 (4.2038)	Texas Rangers	15
Carlos Silva	4.21 (4.2118)	Minnesota Twins	16
Mike Maroth	4.31 (4.3134)	Detroit Tigers	17
Jon Lieber	4.33 (4.3302)	New York Yankees	18
Mark Mulder	4.43 (4.4269)	Oakland Athletics	19
Barry Zito	4.48 (4.4789)	Oakland Athletics	20
Mike Mussina	4.59 (4.5911)	New York Yankees	21
John Lackey	4.67 (4.6740)	Anaheim Angels	22
Mark Redman	4.71 (4.7120)	Oakland Athletics	23
Kenny Rogers	4.76 (4.7622)	Texas Rangers	24
Miguel Batista	4.80 (4.8020)	Toronto Blue Jays	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. 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.